November 2010

Eating and Believing: Food in Christian Spirituality

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Warren Auditorium

Mother Rosalie Hill Hall (SOLES)

Free and open to the public

 

The Center for Catholic Thought and Culture thanks Professor David Grumett, Research Fellow in Theology at the University of Exeter, UK. 

There is growing interest in food and spirituality in a wide range of often syncretistic or post-religious movements. Part of the reason for resurgent interest in food spirituality is a wider awareness that belief is embodied. How do we conceive the soul-body relation in order to make sense of food as material really incorporated into our inner being? How does embodied practice mesh with ideas of Christian identity founded primarily on scripture and doctrine? This lecture did not propose definitive answers to such questions, but sought to recover Christian traditions of dietary practice and sparked reflection and debate.

"Rethinking Animals, Food, and Religion: Resources from Christian Tradition"  

Lunchtime Faculty-Focused Talk

Hosted by the Department of Theology and Religious Studies

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

1:30 – 2:15 p.m.

Center for Catholic Thought and Culture, Maher 253