Food and faith
Subtitle: a theology of eating
By: Norman Wirzba
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780521195508; 9780521146241
Subjects: Food; Food habits; Dinners and dining; Christianity
Other titles: Food & faith
Description: "This book provides a comprehensive theological framework for assessing eating's significance, demonstrating that eating is of profound economic, moral, and theological significance"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: 1. Thinking theologically about food; title: 2. The 'roots' of eating: our life together in gardens; title: 3. Eating in exile: dysfunction in the world of food; title: 4. Life through death: sacrificial eating; title: 5. Eucharistic table manners: eating toward communion; title: 6. Saying grace; title: 7. Eating in Heaven?: consummating communion.