Documents and Reports

Religious Diets - General Guidelines

Acknowledgements

The Correctional Service of Canada gratefully acknowledges the following organizations for permission to translate and reproduce part of their materials: the Ontario Dietetic Association and Ontario Hospital Association (ODA-OHA) and the Ontario Multifaith Council on Spiritual and Religious Care. Thanks go out as well to the Interfaith Committee on Chaplaincy in the Correctional Service of Canada, NHQ Food Services, the Food Service Chiefs, the Regional Chaplains and Legal Services for their assistance.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

• Legal Support and Mandate
• Guiding Principles
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Related Issues
• Specialized Information and Resources
• Definitions

Guidelines for Faith Communities

• Aboriginal / First Nations Spirituality
• Baha'i
• Buddhism
• Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science)
• Christianity (Mainline Churches)
• Doukhobor
• Hare Krishna
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Jainism
• Jehovah's Witnesses
• Judaism
• Mennonites
• Metropolitan Community Church
• Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
• Philadelphia Church of God
• Rastafarianism
• Religious Society of Friends (Quakers
• Rosicruscianism
• Church of Scientology
• Seventh Day Adventism
• Siddha Yoga
• Sikhism
• Sufiism
• Taoism
• Transcendental Meditation
• >Unification Church (Moonies)
• Unitarianism
• Wicca
• Worldwide Church of God
• Zoroastrianism

Bibliography

Appendices

• Kosher Diet
• Vegetarianism
  • Tables
• Macrobiotic Diet
  • Table