Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity

by John David Penniman

A fascinating new study of the symbolic power of food and its role in forming kinship bonds and religious identity in early Christianity

Scholar of religion John Penniman considers the symbolic importance of food in the early Roman world in an engaging and original new study that demonstrates how "eating well" was a pervasive idea that served diverse theories of growth, education, and religious identity. Penniman places early Christian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300222769
• ISBN13: 9780300222760
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"