عنوان

Broken Bodies of God:

شماره

LA129529

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Broken Bodies of God:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

The Christian Eucharist as a Locus for Ecological Reflection

نام نخستين پديدآور

Kyle Galbraith

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report attests to the reality of a warming global climate and describes potential ecosystem changes that may be devastating to communities-both human and non-human-across the globe. I contend that the Christian practice of sharing the Eucharist meal provides an opportune moment for Christians to engage in ecological reflection. To defend this claim I draw upon Christian theologian Sallie McFague's metaphorical understanding of the world as God's body in order to connect environmental plight to the Eucharist meal and to show why that plight should be a concern for Christian communities. Next, I turn to the work of anthropologist Claude Fischler in order to make a connection between sharing the Eucharist and communal and individual identity formation. Finally, I draw upon the Slow Food movement in order to provide specific suggestions for adapting the Eucharist to make it more conducive to ecological reflection. I also briefly discuss the growing green sisters movement and suggest that this movement provides a model of ecological-awareness and practice for other religious communities, and for North American Christian churches in particular. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report attests to the reality of a warming global climate and describes potential ecosystem changes that may be devastating to communities-both human and non-human-across the globe. I contend that the Christian practice of sharing the Eucharist meal provides an opportune moment for Christians to engage in ecological reflection. To defend this claim I draw upon Christian theologian Sallie McFague's metaphorical understanding of the world as God's body in order to connect environmental plight to the Eucharist meal and to show why that plight should be a concern for Christian communities. Next, I turn to the work of anthropologist Claude Fischler in order to make a connection between sharing the Eucharist and communal and individual identity formation. Finally, I draw upon the Slow Food movement in order to provide specific suggestions for adapting the Eucharist to make it more conducive to ecological reflection. I also briefly discuss the growing green sisters movement and suggest that this movement provides a model of ecological-awareness and practice for other religious communities, and for North American Christian churches in particular.

تاريخ نشر

2009

توصيف ظاهري

283-304

عنوان

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

شماره جلد

13/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5357

اصطلاح موضوعی

""GREENING" OF RELIGION"

اصطلاح موضوعی

EUCHARIST

اصطلاح موضوعی

FOOD

اصطلاح موضوعی

GREEN SISTERS

اصطلاح موضوعی

IDENTITY

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Kyle Galbraith

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/136352409X12535203555759

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y