Eating and Drinking (Compass)

By Elizabeth Groppe

Whether fasting or feasting, whether in formal liturgy or around the family table, the practices of eating and drinking have been seen for millennia as religiously significant and even a means of participating in God's own being. Today, phenomena of anorexia and bulimia, weight control and obesity, and world hunger call for revisiting this rich source of religious reflection. Yet Elizabeth Groppe's work is not maudlin or oppressive but instead a wonderful affirmation of how our practices around food shape who we are as persons and in our relationships with each other and God. Her work includes specific analysis of how food figures in our present cultural and global context, how it has been understood in Christian history and theology, and how it might creatively feed our spiritual, lives today. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800698096
• ISBN13: 9780800698096
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.7"