Although the religious and Ethical consideration of Food and eating is not a new phenomenon, the debate about Food and eating today is distinctly different from most of what has preceded it in the history of Western culture.
About the Author: Gretel Van Wieren is Associate Professor in Religious Studies at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA..
This book will appeal to a wide and interdisciplinary audience including those interested in environment and sustainability, Food studies, ethics, and religion.
In doing so, Gretel Van Wieren proposes a model for conceptualizing agricultural and Food practices in sacred terms.
It considers topics such as land degradation and restoration, genetically modified organisms and seed consolidation, animal welfare, water use, access, pollution, and climate, and weaves consideration of human wellbeing and justice throughout.
In particular, it looks at the responses that have developed within Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions, and shows how they relate to arguments and approaches in the broader study of Food and environmental ethics.
This book examines how religious traditions and communities in the United States and beyond are responding to critical environmental Ethical issues posed by the global Food system.
Yet the field of environmental ethics, especially religious approaches to environmental ethics, has been slow to see Food and agriculture as topics worthy of analysis.
Although the religious and Ethical consideration of Food and eating is not a new phenomenon, the debate about Food and eating today is distinctly different from most of what has preceded it in the history of Western culture
