Eating and Drinking

by Groppe, Elizabeth T.; Jensen, David H.

• ISBN13: 9780800698096
• ISBN10: 0800698096
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-01
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Elizabeth T. Groppe is Associate Professor of Theology at Xavier University, Cincinnati. She is author of Yves Congar's Theology of the Holy Spirit (2004) and numerous articles on the Trinitarian theology and the theology of the Spirit. Series Editor David H. Jensen is Professor of Constructive Theology at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

Series foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
introduction	p. 1
eating and drinking in america	p. 7
Coffee	p. 8
Breakfast	p. 12
Midmorning Energy Break	p. 17
Lunch	p. 23
Afternoon Snack	p. 30
Dinner	p. 33
eating in and out of eden	p. 39
Edenic Communion	p. 42
Human Transgression	p. 46
Covenant	p. 51
The Inbreaking of the Reign of God	p. 62
the christian practice of eating and drinking	p. 73
Fasting	p. 75
Blessing	p. 82
Sharing Bread	p. 88
Celebrating the Reign of Compassion	p. 93
Turning Swords into Plowshares	p. 101
Feasting	p. 105
Giving Thanks	p. 110
notes	p. 113
suggestions for further reading	p. 119
reader's guide	p. 121
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