The links between religion and food have been known for centuries, and yet we rarely examine or understand the nature of the relationship between food and spirituality, or food and sin. Drawing on literature, politics, and philosophy as well as theology, this book unlocks the role food has played within religious tradition. * A fascinating book tracing the centuries-old links between theology and food, showing religion in a new and intriguing light * Draws on examples from different religions: the significance of the apple in the Christian Bible and the eating of bread as the body of Christ; the eating and fasting around Ramadan for Muslims; and how the dietary laws of Judaism are designed to create an awareness of living in the time and space of the Torah * Explores ideas from the fields of literature, politics, and philosophy, as well as theology * Takes seriously the idea that food matters, and that the many aspects of eating - table fellowship, culinary traditions, the aesthetic, ethical and political dimensions of food - are important and complex, and throw light on both religion and our relationship to food
Angel F. Méndez-Montoya, OP is a member of the Southern Dominican Province in the USA. He currently teaches theology and philosophy at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico, where he is also the coordinator of the Faith and Culture Program. He is a Ph.D. in philosophical theology from the University of Virginia and was scholar in residence at University of Cambridge.
Foreword vi Joaquín Racionero Page Preface ix Acknowledgments x Introduction. Food Talk: Overlapping Matters 1 1 The Making of Mexican Molli and Alimentary Theology in the Making 11 2 Sabor/Saber: Taste and the Eros of Cognition 45 3 Being Nourished: Food Matters 77 4 Sharing in the Body of Christ and the Theopolitics of Superabundance 113 Conclusion. Food Notes: Prolegomenon to a Eucharistic Discourse 157 Index 161
Show moreThe links between religion and food have been known for centuries, and yet we rarely examine or understand the nature of the relationship between food and spirituality, or food and sin. Drawing on literature, politics, and philosophy as well as theology, this book unlocks the role food has played within religious tradition. * A fascinating book tracing the centuries-old links between theology and food, showing religion in a new and intriguing light * Draws on examples from different religions: the significance of the apple in the Christian Bible and the eating of bread as the body of Christ; the eating and fasting around Ramadan for Muslims; and how the dietary laws of Judaism are designed to create an awareness of living in the time and space of the Torah * Explores ideas from the fields of literature, politics, and philosophy, as well as theology * Takes seriously the idea that food matters, and that the many aspects of eating - table fellowship, culinary traditions, the aesthetic, ethical and political dimensions of food - are important and complex, and throw light on both religion and our relationship to food
Angel F. Méndez-Montoya, OP is a member of the Southern Dominican Province in the USA. He currently teaches theology and philosophy at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico, where he is also the coordinator of the Faith and Culture Program. He is a Ph.D. in philosophical theology from the University of Virginia and was scholar in residence at University of Cambridge.
Foreword vi Joaquín Racionero Page Preface ix Acknowledgments x Introduction. Food Talk: Overlapping Matters 1 1 The Making of Mexican Molli and Alimentary Theology in the Making 11 2 Sabor/Saber: Taste and the Eros of Cognition 45 3 Being Nourished: Food Matters 77 4 Sharing in the Body of Christ and the Theopolitics of Superabundance 113 Conclusion. Food Notes: Prolegomenon to a Eucharistic Discourse 157 Index 161
Show moreForeword vi
Joaquín Racionero Page
Preface ix
Acknowledgments x
Introduction. Food Talk: Overlapping Matters 1
1 The Making of Mexican Molli and Alimentary Theology in the Making 11
2 Sabor/Saber: Taste and the Eros of Cognition 45
3 Being Nourished: Food Matters 77
4 Sharing in the Body of Christ and the Theopolitics of Superabundance 113
Conclusion. Food Notes: Prolegomenon to a Eucharistic Discourse 157
Index 161
Angel F. Mendez-Montoya, OP is a member of the SouthernDominican Province in the USA. He currently teaches theology andphilosophy at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico, where he isalso the coordinator of the Faith and Culture Program. He is aPh.D. in philosophical theology from the University of Virginia andwas scholar in residence atUniversity of Cambridge.
Nevertheless, this is an inspiring interpretation of thepossibility of reclaiming and reconnecting theology, food, and afuller eucharistic life. (The Theology ofFood, 1 October 2013)"This book deserves to be widely read and, if you will forgive themetaphor, digested." (Christian Century) "Montoya's book is a delight to read, and is a significantcontribution to the effort to apply theological thinking to theeveryday realities of embodied life." (ModernTheology) "For all its erudition, this book is more complex and valuablethan a simple examination of Christian consumption. It offers richreflection on the prophetic and generous ways in which Christianitymight still disciple consumers who desire the superabundant gracemade material in the flesh of Jesus Christ." (TheologicalBook Review) "This much-needed book takes seriously the Churches' uniquecontribution to understanding the importance of food."(Church Times) "A thought provoking and engaging work on the role of theEucharist in Christian life." (CHOICE) [T]his is an inspiring interpretation of the possibilityof reclaiming and reconnecting theology, food, and a fullereucharistic life. (Interpretation: A Journal of Bibleand Theology)
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