Eating and Believing
Title | Eating and Believing PDF eBook |
Author | David Grumett |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 495 |
Release | 2011-11-03 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0567577368 |
What are the links between people's beliefs and the foods they choose to eat? In the modern Western world, dietary choices are a topic of ethical and political debate, but how can centuries of Christian thought and practice also inform them? And how do reasons for abstaining from particular foods in the modern world compare with earlier ones? This book will shed new light on modern vegetarianism and related forms of dietary choice by situating them in the context of historic Christian practice. It will show how the theological significance of embodied practice may be retrieved and reconceived in the present day. Food and diet is a neglected area of Christian theology, and Christianity is conspicuous among the modern world's religions in having few dietary rules or customs. Yet historically, food and the practices surrounding it have significantly shaped Christian lives and identities. This collection, prepared collaboratively, includes contributions on the relationship between Christian beliefs and food practices in specific historical contexts. It considers the relationship between eating and believing from non-Christian perspectives that have in turn shaped Christian attitudes and practices. It also examines ethical arguments about vegetarianism and their significance for emerging Christian theologies of food.
Eating and Believing
Title | Eating and Believing PDF eBook |
Author | David Grumett |
Publisher | |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Electronic books |
ISBN | 9780567678140 |
What are the links between people's beliefs and the foods they choose to eat? In the modern Western world, dietary choices are a topic of ethical and political debate, but how can centuries of Christian thought and practice also inform them? And how do reasons for abstaining from particular foods in the modern world compare with earlier ones? This book will shed new light on modern vegetarianism and related forms of dietary choice by situating them in the context of historic Christian practice. It will show how the theological significance of embodied practice may be retrieved and reconceived in the present day. Food and diet is a neglected area of Christian theology, and Christianity is conspicuous among the modern world's religions in having few dietary rules or customs. Yet historically, food and the practices surrounding it have significantly shaped Christian lives and identities. This collection, prepared collaboratively, includes contributions on the relationship between Christian beliefs and food practices in specific historical contexts. It considers the relationship between eating and believing from non-Christian perspectives that have in turn shaped Christian attitudes and practices. It also examines ethical arguments about vegetarianism and their significance for emerging Christian theologies of food.
Religion, Food, and Eating in North America
Title | Religion, Food, and Eating in North America PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin E. Zeller |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 373 |
Release | 2014-03-11 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 023153731X |
The way in which religious people eat reflects not only their understanding of food and religious practice but also their conception of society and their place within it. This anthology considers theological foodways, identity foodways, negotiated foodways, and activist foodways in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. Original essays explore the role of food and eating in defining theologies and belief structures, creating personal and collective identities, establishing and challenging boundaries and borders, and helping to negotiate issues of community, religion, race, and nationality. Contributors consider food practices and beliefs among Christians, Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists, as well as members of new religious movements, Afro-Caribbean religions, interfaith families, and individuals who consider food itself a religion. They traverse a range of geographic regions, from the Southern Appalachian Mountains to North America's urban centers, and span historical periods from the colonial era to the present. These essays contain a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives, emphasizing the embeddedness of food and eating practices within specific religions and the embeddedness of religion within society and culture. The volume makes an excellent resource for scholars hoping to add greater depth to their research and for instructors seeking a thematically rich, vivid, and relevant tool for the classroom.
Broken Bread
Title | Broken Bread PDF eBook |
Author | Tilly Dillehay |
Publisher | Harvest House Publishers |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2020-06-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 073698013X |
God Cares More About How You Eat than What You Eat Christians should have their heads on straight about food—but too often our eating is complicated by burdens and rules, by diets and dependencies. So how can we keep a spiritually healthy view of what we eat? Should Christians stop eating white sugar? Does the Bible ask us to go paleo? Most questions about food aren’t really about nutrition but about how we understand God. In Broken Bread, Christian Book Award–winner Tilly Dillehay challenges us to abandon the concept of good and bad foods and instead offers a way to… celebrate food without obsession make healthy choices without bondage to rules feed our families without feeling frazzled find satisfaction without using food as an emotional crutch This isn’t another diet book. You won’t find any system or plan for eating but rather a joyful call to develop a vision of Christ that informs the way you eat. Take delight in food again, and discover a feast for today that whispers of the eternal feast to come.
Mindless Eating
Title | Mindless Eating PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Wansink |
Publisher | Bantam |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 0345526880 |
A food psychologist identifies hidden factors, motivations, and cues that cause overeating and offers practical solutions to help avoid these hidden traps and enjoy food without putting on excess pounds.
Eating and Drinking with Jesus
Title | Eating and Drinking with Jesus PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur C. Cochrane |
Publisher | Westminster John Knox Press |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
The Training of the Twelve
Title | The Training of the Twelve PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Balmain Bruce |
Publisher | |
Pages | 572 |
Release | 1871 |
Genre | Apostles |
ISBN |