Food: its many aspects in science, religion, and culture
Food is a sine qua non for life on Earth. It has more significance than nutrition and sustenance, more variety than many aspects of human culture. Food has religious as well as historical dimensions. The complexity of the food chain and of the related ecological balance is one of the wonders of the...
| Published in: | Zygon |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Joint Publ. Board of Zygon through Blackwell, Oxford
2014
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| In: |
Zygon
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Food
/ Diet
/ Ritual
/ Cultural sciences
/ Natural sciences
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy |
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Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | Food is a sine qua non for life on Earth. It has more significance than nutrition and sustenance, more variety than many aspects of human culture. Food has religious as well as historical dimensions. The complexity of the food chain and of the related ecological balance is one of the wonders of the biological world. In the human context, food has found countless expressions and regional richness. Food has provoked feasts, as its lack and maldistribution have caused famines. While being a source of physical satisfaction food has also had environmental impacts. Some of these matters are explored in these reflections. |
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| ISSN: | 0591-2385 |
| Contains: | In: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12137 |