Theology of food eating and the Eucharist - Méndez Montoya, Angel F. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references and index
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 light.; Draws on examples from different religions: the significance of the apple in the Christian Bible and the eating of brea