An animal rights activist since 1996, Chapman has been vegan for 16 years, vegetarian for 26 years. With a Ph.D. in Literature, an M.A. in Translation, and a B.A. in English Literature, he has 35 years’ professional translation/interpreting experience (English/Cantonese/Mandarin/Finnish),12 years’ interpreting/translation university teaching experience, 5 years’ research experience at the University of Eastern Finland, and 5 years’ editorial experience. He is working on a book entitled Vegan Theology, which argues that Jesus is a Vegan Christ and Christianity is a vegan faith. He is adamant that if the world has a future, it must be vegan.