Sharing Food: Christian Practices for Enjoyment

by L. Shannon Jung

Book Overview

Our everyday personal, familial, and communal practices of eating, says Jung, have the potential for making us more attentive to our life purposes, more attuned to our communal identities, and even more mindful of the presence of God. Juxtaposing practices with values, Jung explores how food and eating function culturally today. He explores the larger dimensions of personal and group eating, the great resonance that feasting and food and fasting have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800637925
• ISBN13: 9780800637927
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"