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.

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

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