Food and Faith - A Theology of Eating

Provides a comprehensive theological framework in which good eating contributes to the healing of communities and the world.

List of contents

Introduction: who is the you that eats?; 1. It's about fidelity; 2. Thinking theologically about food; 3. The 'roots' of eating: our life together in gardens; 4. Eating in exile: dysfunction in the world of food; 5. Life through death: sacrificial eating; 6. Eucharistic table manners: eating toward communion; 7. Saying Grace; 8. Eating in heaven? Consummating communion; Epilogue. Faithful eating in an anthropocene world.

About the author

Norman Wirzba is Professor of Theology and Ecology at Duke Divinity School, and Senior Fellow at Duke's Kenan Institute for Ethics. His first edition of Food and Faith was named 'Book of the Year'” by the Englewood Review of Books, and earned Honorable Mention in the 2011 PROSE Award. Wirzba's other books include From Nature to Creation (2015), Way of Love (2016), Making Peace with the Land (2012), Living the Sabbath (2006), and The Paradise of God (2007), and he is the editor for a series on the New Agrarianism.

Summary

This edition of the go-to book on theology and food expands key insights on the spirituality of eating, the importance of good agricultural practice, and the prospects of convivial and healthy communities. It makes clear that eating is far more than a physiological exercise. In good eating we work to create a better humanity and a fertile world.

Product details

• Authors: Norman Wirzba, Norman (Duke University Wirzba, Wirzba Norman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108470414
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47041-4
• No. of pages: 338
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Theology, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Food & society, Cultural studies: food and society