Good Food: Grounded Practical Theology Ayres Jennifer R.
Good Food: Grounded Practical Theology Ayres Jennifer R. Christians in the United States are on a quest for good food. Access to healthy food is not secure. And yet, at every turn, they confront…
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Good Food: Grounded Practical Theology Ayres Jennifer R.
Christians in the United States are on a quest for good food. Access to healthy food is not secure. And yet, at every turn, they confront brokenness in the food system.
Animals and the land are abused. Farmers and laborers struggle to find meaningful agricultural work that pays a livable wage. 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.
Unable to trace the sources of their food, and perhaps even the ingredients, consumers are vulnerable to a deep and abiding alienation. 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