Eating and Believing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Vegetarianism and Theology

by Rachel Muers and David Grumett

Book Overview

What are the links between people's beliefs and the foods they choose to eat? In the modern Western world, dietary choices are a topic of ethical and political debate, but how can centuries of Christian thought and practice also inform them? And how do reasons for abstaining from particular foods in the modern world compare with earlier ones? This book will shed new light on modern vegetarianism and related forms of dietary choice by situating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567032841
• ISBN13: 9780567032843
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"