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Religion, Food, and Eating in North America
Benjamin E. Zeller
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Description for Religion, Food, and Eating in North America
Paperback. Papers presented over four years at the Religion, Food, and Eating Seminar at the American Academy of Religion. Editor(s): Zeller, Benjamin E.; Dallam, Marie W.; Neilson, Reid L.; Rubel, Nora L. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLM; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231160315
SKU
V9780231160315
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About Benjamin E. Zeller
Benjamin E. Zeller is assistant professor of religion at Lake Forest College. He is the author of Prophets and Protons: New Religious Movements and Science in Late Twentieth-Century America. Marie W. Dallam is assistant professor of religion and culture at the Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College at the University of Oklahoma. She is the author of ... Read more
Reviews for Religion, Food, and Eating in North America
A welcome addition to the literature on food and religion. No other work compares with it.
Ken Albala, coeditor of Food and Faith in Christian Culture Fresh and mature fare that nurtures not only our understanding of foodways but also of American religion and the wider study of religions.
Charles Wallace, Willamette University From a Georgia farm to ... Read more
Ken Albala, coeditor of Food and Faith in Christian Culture Fresh and mature fare that nurtures not only our understanding of foodways but also of American religion and the wider study of religions.
Charles Wallace, Willamette University From a Georgia farm to ... Read more