UID:
almahu_9948022604902882
Format:
1 online resource (xx, 320 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9781108631846 (ebook)
Content:
This book provides a comprehensive theological framework for assessing the significance of eating. Drawing on diverse theological, philosophical, and anthropological insights, it offers fresh ways to evaluate food production and consumption practices as they are being worked out in today's industrial food economy. Unlike books that focus primarily on vegetarianism and hunger-related concerns, this book broadens the scope of consideration to include the sacramental character of eating, the deep significance of hospitality, the meaning of death and sacrifice, the Eucharist as the place of inspiration and orientation, the importance of saying grace, and the possibility of eating in heaven. Throughout, eating is presented as a way of enacting fidelity between persons, between people and fellow creatures, and between people and Earth. Food and Faith demonstrates that eating is of profound economic, moral, and spiritual significance. Revised throughout, this edition includes a new introduction and two chapters, as well as updated bibliography. The additions add significantly to the core idea of creaturely membership and hospitality through discussion of the microbiome revolution in scien
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Nov 2018).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781108470414
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108631846
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
