Spirituality, Veganism & Sentientism: Mari Andrew on Animals, Meaning, and Moral Hierarchy - Sentientism 243
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Mari Andrew discusses the intersection of spirituality, animal ethics, and sentientism in a conversation about compassion and moral hierarchy.
What happens when spirituality, animal ethics, veganism, and sentientism collide? In this wide-ranging conversation, writer and artist Mari Andrew explores faith, doubt, morality, and our relationship with non-human animals, from Christianity and myth to veganism, hierarchy, and what it really means to live compassionately in a complex world.In episode 243 of Sentientism, New York Times Bestselling author Mari Andrew reflects on her journey from childhood spirituality and existential OCD to animal advocacy, creativity, and her latest book How to Be a Living Thing. Together, we explore whether morality needs God, whether myth and science can coexist, why hierarchy is the hardest thing humans give up when they stop exploiting animals, and how joy, creativity, and embodiment can guide ethical change.We discuss veganism without dogma, the moral status of animals beyond “cute” species, disability ethics, liberation theology, and how small shifts in perspective can ripple into a better world. This is a conversation about curiosity, humility, and expanding compassion — for humans and non-human sentients alike.Mari Andrew is a writer, artist, speaker, teacher, and needle-felting…
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