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

Title
Food and faith : a theology of eating / Norman Wirzba.
Author
Wirzba, Norman
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Description
xix, 244 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
"This book provides a comprehensive theological framework for assessing eating's significance, demonstrating that eating is of profound economic, moral, and theological significance"--
Alternative Title
Food & faith
Subject
  • RELIGION / Theology
  • Dinners and dining > Christianity
  • Food > Christianity
  • Food habits
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Foreword Stanley Hauerwas; Preface; 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.
ISBN
  • 9780521195508 (hardback)
  • 0521195500 (hardback)
  • 9780521146241 (paperback)
  • 0521146240 (paperback)
LCCN
^^2010050332
OCLC
  • 691203971
  • SCSB-11948819
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library