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Food and Faith Justice, Joy, and Daily Bread

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ISBN-10: 0819224111

ISBN-13: 9780819224118

Edition: N/A

Authors: Michael Schut

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From the creator of the bestseller, Simpler Living, Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective, comes Food and Faith. Food is itself a joyful gift recall how the gift of food so often mediates the sanctity and preciousness of life. This new collection of reflections by Wendell Berry, Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Johnson, Alan Durning and others helps readers consider the moral, spiritual and economic implications of eating. Readings focus on the enjoyment and spirituality of good food, ways in which eating connects us To The land and to each other, and on the economic, environmental and cultural impacts of daily food choices. Food and Faith also includes an eight-week study guide for groups or…    
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Book details

List price: $36.95
Publisher: Church Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Overview
Food as Sacramental
A Celebration of Food
A Thing Shared
Poor Food
The Social Sense
Introduction to Coming Home to Eat
Your Health, the Western Diet and Politics
Introduction to Food Politics
Healthy Heart, Healthy Life
The Politics of Food Choice
Spirituality and Food
The Inferiority of Food
Sacred Agriculture
The Work at Hand
Grace
The Enjoyment of God and Creation
Christianity and Caring for the Land
God's Beloved Creation
Biblical Views of Nature
The Family Farm
Where Have All the Farmers Gone?
There's Farming and Then There's Farming
Family Farms
Economics as if Creation Mattered: The Industrialization of Agriculture
Gross Domestic Product, Well-Being, and Waistlines, Redefining Progress
Introduction to Where Have All the Farmers Gone?
French Fries
The Idea of a Local Economy
The Great Hunter-Gatherer Continuum
The Pleasures of Eating
Worker Rights, Animal Rights
On the Range
The Most Dangerous Job
Farm Factories
Animals and People
Swinger Goes to Town
Genetically Modified Organisms
Experimenting with Life
Worldview of Abundance
Against the Grain: An Interview
GM Food Is the Best Option We Have
Addressing Hunger—Political and Economic Perspectives
On the True Cause of World Hunger: An Interview
Hunger Is a Political Condition
Stories of Hope: Promising Directions
Taking Action: Voting with Forks
Hungry for Change
Houses of Worship Sing Praises of Coffee for a Cause
Heart Benefits of Shade Grown Coffee
What Is Community Supported Agriculture?
Zen, Wheelbarrows, and Collard Greens
Study Guide
How to Use This Material
Course Overview
Meeting:
Celebrating Food and Community
Your Health, the Western Diet and Politics
Creation Theology and Food As Sacrament
Industrial Agriculture and the Family Farm
Global Markets to Backyard Gardens
The Voiceless
Genetically Modified Organisms-Addressing Hunger
Promising Directions
About Earth Ministry
Organization and Resource Guide
Bibliography