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Theology of Food Eating and the Eucharist

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ISBN-10: 0470674989

ISBN-13: 9780470674987

Edition: 2012

Authors: Angel F. M�ndez-Montoya, Angel F. M�ndez-Montoya

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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, and shows religion in a new and illuminating light.A fascinating book tracing the centuries–old links between theology and food, showing religion in a new and intriguing lightDraws 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…    
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List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.10" long x 0.41" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Motoichi Ohtsu is professor of electrical engineering and information systems at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He obtained his engineering doctorate degree from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and began his scientific career there. Professor Ohtsu has authored over 410 scientific publications and holds 87 patents. He is the author, co-author, and editor of 55 books, including 22 in English. He has received 14 scientific awards, comprising the Issac Koga Gold Medal of URSI, the Japan Royal Medal with a Purple Ribbon from the Japanese Government, and Distinguished Achievement Award from the IEICE of Japan. He is a member of the board of numerous committees in the Japanese government and…    

Foreword vi
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Food Talk: Overlapping Matters
The Making of Mexican Molli and Alimentary Theology in the Making
Sabor/Saber: Taste and the Eros of Cognition
Being Nourished: Food Matters
Sharing in the Body of Christ and the Theopolitics of Superabundance
Conclusion
Food Notes: Prolegomenon to a Eucharistic Discourse
Index