1st Edition
Food, Farming and Religion Emerging Ethical Perspectives
By Gretel Van Wieren
Copyright 2018
142 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
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Although the religious and ethical consideration of food and eating is not a new phenomenon, the debate about food and eating today is distinctly different from most of what has preceded it in the history of Western culture. Yet the field of environmental ethics, especially religious approaches to environmental ethics, has been slow to see food and agriculture as topics worthy of analysis.
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Introduction: Thinking Ethically About Food 1. Down on the Farm: The Historical Roots of the Ecological Crisis: Agriculture? 2. Soil: Sacred and Profaned 3. Plants: The Power and Miracle of Seeds 4. Animals: Humane, Sustainable, Spiritual Meat? 5. Water: Precious, Polluted, Purified 6. Climate: Religion and Food for a Hot Planet 7. The New Sacred Farm
Biography
Gretel Van Wieren is Associate Professor in Religious Studies at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
