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Required and Supplimental Readings - Spring 2008

Required Readings

1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

2. Food & Faith: Justice, Joy and Daily Bread, edited and compiled by Michael Schut (C) 2002 by Earth Ministry (copies can be ordered through Earth Ministry online store: http://www.earthministry.org/store.htm or from Amazon.com)

3. Excerpts from History and Food -> PDF (Not yet available)

4. Excerpts from various sourcesin PDF format:

A. "Food, Farming, and Democracy" by Frances Moore Lappe [.pdf download here]

B. "Does God Care What We Eat? Jewish Theologies of Food and Reverence for Life" by Jonathan D. Brumberg-Kraus [.pdf download here]

C. "On Food and Happiness" by Charles Simic and "A Religious Art" by Judith B. Jones [.pdf download here]

5. We're also asking everyone to watch the movie, Babette's Feast.

Supplemental Readings:

1. How To Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment, Zen Master Dogen and Kosho Uchiyama Roshi, translated by Thomas Wright, Shambhala, Boston, 2005.

2. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

3. Food for Life: The Spirituality and Ethics of Eating by L. Shannon Jung

4. Sharing Food: Christian Practices for Enjoyment by L. Shannon Jung


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