Making Sense of Religion and Food
When looking at eating beyond physical nourishment, British anthropologist Mary Douglas (1921-2007) defined food as a cultural system, or code that communicates not only biological information, but social structure and meaning. What can a study of food and faith teach us, as scholars of religion, th...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2017]
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Bulletin for the study of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 18-24 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Food
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RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AG Religious life; material religion |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |