Food and faith :

Wirzba, Norman.

Food and faith : a theology of eating / Food & faith Norman Wirzba. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xix, 244 p ; 24 cm.

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, demonstrating that eating is of profound economic, moral, and theological significance"--

0521146240 (paperback) 0521195500 (hardback) 9780521146241 (paperback) 9780521195508 (hardback)

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Dinners and dining--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Food habits.
Food--Religious aspects--Christianity.

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