Keith Akers
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Keith Akers is an American author.
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[edit] Biography
Akers was a professional computer programmer for many years. He lives in Denver, Colorado.
[edit] Vegetarianism
He became a Vegetarian in 1978 after reading Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation.
[edit] Theology
He has published on vegetarianism and early Christianity. The Lost Religion of Jesus: Simple Living and Nonviolence in Early Christianity claims that Jesus and his early followers the Ebionites were vegetarian. He suggests that Jesus was a militant vegetarian who kicked people out of the Temple because they were using it as an abattoir for animal sacrifices.[1][2]
[edit] Works
- A Vegetarian Sourcebook: The Nutrition, Ecology and Ethics of a Natural Foods Diet (foreword by Peter Singer; originally New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1983) ISBN 0945528000
- The Lost Religion of Jesus: Simple Living and Nonviolence in Early Christianity (New York: Lantern Books November 21, 2000) ISBN 1930051263
- Ebionite Literature (Early Jewish Christianity) A Synopsis (2000)[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet. Lantern: 2005, p210.
- ^ Michael Nagler, Our Spiritual Crisis. Open Court: 2011. (pages unnumbered)
- ^ "Ebionite Literature: a Synopsis by Keith Akers - Systematic Vegetarian Theology: Biblical commentary concerning passages relating to living a cruelty free vegetarian - vegan lifestyle, Bible, Christian, Jewish, God, intent, love, compassion, diet". All-creatures.org. 2000-12-24. http://www.all-creatures.org/discuss/svtxbibebionitelitka.html. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
