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Joyce D’Silva
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George Carey
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Amir Khan
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Daniel Simpson
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Francine Stock

Religion and Animal Welfare

Joyce D’Silva, George Carey, Amir Khan and Daniel Simpson chaired by Francine Stock

Saturday, 16 March 2024

12:00pm

1 hour

Pusey House: Chapel

£7 - £13.50

Writer and former chief executive of Compassion in World Farming Joyce D’Silva discusses her book, Animal Welfare in World Religion: Teaching and Practice, with panellists from different faiths including former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord George Carey, television doctor, Amir Khan, who is a Muslim, and yoga teacher Daniel Simpson.

D’Silva says she has been inspired by the teachings of major faiths about our relationship with animals but appalled by how many faith leaders and followers ignore them. She says she wants to challenge and encourage religious leaders and followers to reexamine their teachings and put the welfare of animals back on the agenda. D’Silva spent 14 years as chief executive of Compassion in World Farming and played a key role in achieving the UK ban on sow stalls in the nineties and in getting recognition of animal sentience enshrined in the European Union treaties.

Carey was Archbishop of Canterbury between 1991 and 2002. He holds a doctorate from the University of Durham and, before becoming Archbishop, taught at three Anglican theological colleges. His books include a memoir, Know the Truth, and God Incarnate: Meeting the Contemporary Challenges to a Classic Christian Doctrine.

Khan is a full-time GP working in Bradford and has a special interest in type 2 diabetes. He identifies as Muslim.  Khan is a regular on television including as resident doctor on Good Morning Britain, appearances on GPs Behind Closed Doors, and fronting shows such as Channel 5’s Dr Amir’s Sugar Crash and You Are What You Eat. Outside medicine he has a passion for wildlife and is president of the RSPB and vice-president of The Wildlife Trusts.

Simpson teaches yoga history and pohilosophy at SOAS (University of London) and the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and in private workshops. He has a masters degree in yoga studies and is the author of The Truth of Yoga, a comprehensive guide to the discipline’s history, texts, philosophies and practices.

Discussions are chaired by BBC broadcaster Francine Stock, whose presenting work includes Newsnight and The Money Programme.

This event is part of a series under the banner Pasture to Plate® that looks at the environmental and health benefits of raising food on pasture and getting it to the consumer quickly through a short supply chain.

In association with Compassion in World Farming.

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The Telegraph Festival media partner University of Oxford European Union Supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the UK Cultural Relations Platform Supporter of the festival's Voices of Europe programme Bodleian Libraries Festival cultural partner Oxford Martin School Festival ideas partner Oxford Mathematics Spanish Embassy The Spanish Embassy: supporters of the programme of Spanish literature and culture Cervantes Institute, London The Cervantes Institute, London elBullifoundation Iberia British Airways Embassy of the Dominican Republic Embassy of the Dominican Republic Blackwell’s Festival on-site and online bookseller Sotheby’s Symington Wines of the Douro Valley Compassion in World Farming Pasture to Plate Oxford Business College Where learning meets opportunity: education partners of the festival Old Bank Hotel Five-star hotel partners of The Oxford Collection Old Parsonage Hotel Five-star hotel partners of The Oxford Collection Oxford Brookes University Oxford International Centre for Publishing Critchleys Accountants to the festival Confucius Institute Voltaire Foundation Felicity Bryan Associates Goldmoney Properties Princeton University Press Prestige publishing partner. Celebrating 25 years in Europe in 2024 Oxford University Department for Continuing Education Jewish Book Week Partner of Oxford Literary Festival Jim Mellon Miles Young Tim and Marion Stevenson Martin and Elise Becket Smith Ian and Carol Sellars David Isaac Mary and Cecil Quillen Supporters of the programme of American literature and culture Other donors Yale University Press London New College New College founded 1379 Exeter College Exeter College: college home of the festival. Founded 1314 Worcester College Worcester College founded 1714 Lincoln College Lincoln College founded 1427 Trinity College Trinity College founded 1555 Magdalen College Magdalen College founded 1458 Brasenose College Brasenose College founded in 1512 Reuben College Reuben College founded in 2019 Harris Manchester College Harris Manchester College founded 1893 Pusey House Founded 1884 New Dutch Writing Human Ecology Project MACROVegan Bear Ram Elk Festival Digital Strategy & Web Design Racalia Olive Oil Olive oil from Sicily Paul Bloomfield Ltd University of Oxford Alumni Office Alumni Office The Sheldonian Theatre Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Oxford University Images Oxford University Images CAV Oxford The Litmus Partnership Schoolreaders Windrush Group The Oxford Times BBC Radio Oxford Local radio partner Conference Oxford Ox in a Box OX magazine