Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating
written by Norman Wirzba, 1964- (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2011, originally published 2011), 267 page(s)
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- This book provides a comprehensive theological framework for assessing eating's significance, employing a Trinitarian theological lens to evaluate food production and consumption practices as they are being worked out in today's industrial food systems. Norman Wirzba combines the tools of ecological, agrarian, cultural, biblical, and theological analyses to draw a picture of eating that cares for creatures and that honors God. Unlike books that focus on vegetarianism or food distribution as the key theological matters, this book broadens the scope to include discussions on the sacramental character of eating, eating's ecological and social contexts, the meaning of death and sacrifice as they relate to eating, the Eucharist as the place of inspiration and orientation, the importance of saying grace, and whether or not there will be eating in heaven. Food and Faith demonstrates that eating is of profound economic, moral, and theological significance.
- Field of Interest
- Food Studies Online
- Author
- Norman Wirzba, 1964-
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2011 Norman Wirzba
- Content Type
- Book
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 2011
- Page Count
- 267
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place Published / Released
- New York, NY
- Subject
- Food Studies Online, Social Sciences, Food in Religion, Ethics, Food habits, Theology, Christianity, Religión y Alimentación, Religião e Alimentação, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Religión y Alimentación, Religião e Alimentação
