Sharing Food: Christian Practices for Enjoyment

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.

Author: L. Shannon Jung
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 08/15/2006
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.08w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9780800637927

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/21/2006

About the Author
Jung, L. Shannon: -

Shannon Jung is Franklin and Louise Cole Professor of Town and Country Ministries at Saint Paul School of Theology. He has published broadly in religious ethics, focusing especially in the area of food ethics.

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