Sharing Food
Christian Practices for Enjoyment
- Christian Living
- Publisher: Fortress Press (Augsburg Fortress)
- Published: 2006
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Publisher's Description
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 within the Christian tradition, and how all this figures very practically in Christian lifestyle. His work culminates in a chapter on the Lord's Supper as a model for eating and the Eucharist as an occasion for sharing with the worldwide family of God.
Endorsements (3)
“Food is a life-sustaining gift from God, which is why justice demands that we create a world where all can eat nutritiously. Sharing Food will cause readers to be more mindful of how we relate to this gift.”
“Sharing Food is a feast in itself with its luscious lines and savory stories; both dished up with deep joy. Shannon Jung combines delight and sharing, the twin ingredients with which God – the hostess – created food and eating. He reminds us that eating is a primal delight; the forces of the universe sometimes do line up in the pecan pie or the pasta! A theological treat, Sharing Food develops hospitality as the central Christian practice.”
“Here is a clarion call to mindfulness in relationship to one of the most fundamental of all human activities – eating! Shannon Jung summons us to slow down and examine not only our eating dis-orders – like obesity in a world of hungry people – but the promise of eating well, as epitomized in the Eucharist. Rich in theological insight and full of practical wisdom, this book motivates the reader beyond guilt toward rediscovering delight in sharing together a common meal.”
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