Norm Phelps | |
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| Born | Norman Nelson Phelps, III May 16, 1939 US |
| Died | December 31, 2014 (aged 75) Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown, Maryland, US |
| Resting place | Maryland |
| Occupation | Author, animal advocate |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Period | late 20th century; early 21st century |
| Genre | Religious philosophy |
| Subjects | vegetarianism, veganism, animal rights, spirituality |
| Literary movement | Animal rights; religion and animal rights; religion; animal advocacy |
| Spouse | Patti Rogers[1] |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
| animals and ethics | |
Norm Phelps (born Norman Nelson Phelps, III; May 16, 1939 – December 31, 2014)[2][3] was an American animal rights activist, vegetarian and writer. He was a founding member of the Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians (SERV),[4] and a former outreach director of the Fund for Animals.[5] He authored four books on animal rights: The Dominion of Love: Animal Rights According to the Bible (2002), The Great Compassion: Buddhism and Animal Rights (2004), The Longest Struggle: Animal Advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA (2007), and Changing the Game: Animal Liberation in the Twenty-first Century (2015).
- ^ "Biography at animalsandethics.org". Archived from the original on 2019-03-17. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
- ^ Norm Phelps – 1939-2014, Compassion Over Killing
- ^ "Norm Phelps, 75, spiritual mentor to the animal rights movement". Animals 24-7. 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ Website of the Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians[usurped]
- ^ Phelps, Norm (2007). The Longest Struggle. Lantern Books.