Catherine L. Newell

Food Faiths

Diet, Religion, and the Science of Spiritual Eating

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Food Faiths explores how individuals use scientific concepts about food and diet as the basis for a spiritual practice. The book examines how science filters through popular culture to affect the spiritual inclinations of individuals and investigates the influence of science, biomedicine, and nutrition on contemporary spirituality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9781793620064
• ISBN-10: 1793620067
• Artikelnr.: 68176922

Autorenporträt

By Catherine L. Newell

Inhaltsangabe

Series Introduction
Introduction: "Nothing New Under the Sun"
Chapter One: The Theory and the Theology of Diet, Science, and Religion
Chapter Two: Health Reformers, Vegan Farmers, and the Nineteenth Century
Religious Roots of Scientific Diet Culture
Chapter Three: The 20th Century and Beyond: How Health Became a Science,
and How Science Became a Religion
Chapter Four: Converting to Food Faiths: Veganism, Paleo, and the Landscape
of Spiritual Eating
Chapter Five: Sacred Ancestors: Veneration, Generations, and Getting in
Touch with Our Roots
Chapter Six: Virtue: Perfecting the Moral Self through the Ritual
Embodiment of Science
Chapter Seven: Community: Defining What is Sacred Through Food
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author