Good Food: Grounded Practical Theology
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (683 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1602589844 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Carpenter Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, author of Christian Theology in Practice: Discovering a Discipline, and editor of The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology"Good Food informs us of the injustices and unsustainable practices in our current food systems, and it gives us hope we can do better by telling us stories of people who actually are. "Jennifer Ayres takes the reader on an eye-opening tour of what it takes to have good, sustainable, nutritious food. Rhodes and Leona B. McGaw Professor of Old Testament, McCormick Theological Seminary"Good Food is a concise, crisply written, and evocative account of the ways food is woven into the material and social well-being of the world's peo
A frequent writer on faith formation and food justice, she is the author of Waiting for a Glacier to Move: Practicing Social Witness. . She lives in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Jennifer R. Ayres is Assistant Professor of Religious Education, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
"Jennifer Ayres work provides an excellent foundation of Ecotheology and it's place in the sustainability" according to Amazon Customer. Jennifer Ayres work provides an excellent foundation of Ecotheology and it's place in the sustainability conversation. We read this text as part of a class taught by Dr. Carol Newsom at Emory University's Candler School of Theology where Ayres teaches. Excellent text for those beginning to understand the concept of theology in terms of the environment or someone look. "Satisfies the appetite for information while making you hungry for action." according to Mariama White-Hammond. This book gave a good overview of the global food system and countered hat depressing Dalits with hopeful stories of community and faith-based groups who are working to create local solutions to the broken food system. It was intellectually and emotionally engaging and challenged me to think about what more I can do to improve the world.. Josef P. Aalbue said Five Stars. Good scholarship and it gave me an idea for a winter farmer market in our community.
Still, many religions, including the Christian tradition, orient themselves around the table, a site for connection and nourishment.Good Food is a practical theology grounded in a rich ethnographic study of the food practices of diverse faith communities and populations. Farmers and laborers struggle to find meaningful agricultural work that pays a livable wage. And yet at every turn, they confront brokenness in the food system. Animals and the land are abused. At the public policy level, legislation has increasingly favored mass-produced products in order to provide the largest amount of food to the greatest number of people at the lowest possible prices-- regardless of the consequences. Ayres challenges people of faith to participate in communal initiatives that will make a real difference--to support local farmers, grow their own food, and advocate for fair food policies. Good Food equips readers with the theological and practical tools needed to safeguard that which sustains us: food.. Unable to trace the sources of their food, and perhaps even the ingredients, consumers are vulnerable to a deep and abiding alienation. Access to healthy food is not secure. Christians in the United States are on a quest for good food. Grounded in unflin