'God is a vegetarian': The food, health and bio-spirituality of Hare Krishna, Buddhist and Seventh-Day Adventist devotees

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 356-368

  Nath, Jemál ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bio spirituality; Food; Health; Religion; Sociology; Vegetarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551600213     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2010.19.3.356     Document Type: Article

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