Food - what we eat, how much we eat, how it is produced and prepared, and its cultural and ecological significance - is an increasingly significant topic not only for scholars, but for all of us. This book is a systematic and historical assessment of Christian attitudes to food and its role in shaping Christian identity.

Discarding the popular usage of the term today, US religious scholars, most associated with Quakers, explore the original and more nuanced sense of tragedy found in ancient Greek times and to the 17th century, finding it a particularly helpful lens through which to view, understand, and process the human journey. They argue that the literary genre

This title offers a clear introduction to modern Christian theology (1789-present) and is accessible for undergraduates on a wide range of courses in theology and religious studies.