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Food and faith : a theology of eating / Norman Wirzba.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011Description: xix, 244 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521195508 (hardback)
  • 0521195500 (hardback)
  • 9780521146241 (paperback)
  • 0521146240 (paperback)
Other title:
  • Food & faith [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261 22
LOC classification:
  • BR115.N87 W57 2011
Other classification:
  • REL102000
Contents:
1. Thinking theologically about food -- 2. The 'roots' of eating: our life together in gardens -- 3. Eating in exile: dysfunction in the world of food -- 4. Life through death: sacrificial eating -- 5. Eucharistic table manners: eating toward communion -- 6. Saying grace -- 7. Eating in Heaven?: consummating communion
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Course reserves
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection BR115.N87 W57 2011 Available 31794003134906
Book on Reserve Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Course Reserve (Ask for items at Service Desk) BR115.N87 W57 2011 Available 35898001686845

LTSS: Eating Together LTSS: Fall 2024

Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) BR115.N87 W57 2011 1 Available 31826003372365

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Thinking theologically about food -- 2. The 'roots' of eating: our life together in gardens -- 3. Eating in exile: dysfunction in the world of food -- 4. Life through death: sacrificial eating -- 5. Eucharistic table manners: eating toward communion -- 6. Saying grace -- 7. Eating in Heaven?: consummating communion

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.

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