Read a backgrounder on mind-body medicine by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.

2005 news release from the Center for Consumer Freedom about Dr. Jerry Vlasak’s testimony in support of murdering scientists who test on animals in front of the U.S. Senate. Read the U.S. Senate transcript of Dr. Vlasak’s testimony.

Article from the January 2006 issue of Scientific American about increasingly more sophisticated alternatives to animal testing.

Compilation of resources on animal rights and testing from the North Carolina State University library.

2004 article from the BBC which suggests that animal testing is in decline.

This is an animal ethics guide from the BBC. It includes a section on religious views about animal ethics.

The American Psychological Association offers guidelines for ethical conduct in the care and use of animals.

Aubrey M. Malphurs, senior professor of leadership pastoral ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary. He wrote Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century: A Comprehensive Guide for New Churches and Those Desiring Renewal (Baker Books, 2004).

Matt Jones is director of new church development for North Alabama Conference for the United Methodist Church.