Food and Faith (Second Edition)

Unlike books that focus primarily on vegetarianism and hunger-related concerns, this book broadens the scope of consideration to include the sacramental character of eating, the deep significance of hospitality, the meaning of death and sacrifice, the Eucharist as the place of inspiration and orientation, the importance of saying grace, and the possibility of eating in heaven.

Throughout, eating is presented as a way of enacting fidelity between persons, between people and fellow creatures, and between people and Earth. Food and Faith demonstrates that eating is of profound economic, moral, and spiritual significance. Revised throughout, this edition includes a new introduction and two chapters, as well as updated bibliography.

The additions add significantly to the core idea of creaturely membership and hospitality through discussion of the microbiome revolution in science, and the daunting challenge of the Anthropocene.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: who is the you that eats?

1. It’s about fidelity
2. Thinking theologically about food
3. The ‘roots’ of eating: our life together in gardens
4. Eating in exile: dysfunction in the world of food
5. Life through death: sacrificial eating
6. Eucharistic table manners: eating toward communion
7. Saying Grace
8. Eating in heaven? Consummating communion

Epilogue: Faithful eating in an Anthropocene world.

This title has been compiled by the Rabbit Room Press. You can see the full collection we carry here.