SC - Food in high medieval theology (new book)

[Victoria Wilson]

Gentle 'Lainie,
would you share your paper with us????
Kinga

"Laura C. Minnick" wrote:
> 
> Thomas Gloning wrote:
> >
> > Philip Lyndon Reynolds just announced his new book about food in
> > medieval theology:
> >
> > <<< Dear Colleagues:
> > (...) I wanted to announce that my book, _Food and the Body: some
> > peculiar questions in high medieval theology_ (Leiden: Brill), is now
> > out. As a result of an experiment with our kitchen scales, I can reveal
> > that it will cost about 3 dollars and 25 cents per ounce. (...)
> > Philip Lyndon Reynolds >>>
> >
> > I must confess that I know something about the role of medicine in
> > medieval nutrition and cookery, but not much about the role of theology.
> > Therefore, I look forward to see this book.
> 
> Thomas and all,
> 
>         If you are interested in the theological implications of food,
> particularly in the practices of the female mystics, Caroline Walker
> Bynum has several titles on different aspects of the subject. _Holy
> Feast and Holy Fast_ is probably her best known work on the subject. In
> the academic community, the subect of female mysticism and related food
> disorders, etc., has been hot for the past ten years or so. I even wrote
> a paper on the subject a couple of years back, titled "Bite me:
> Eucharistic Devotion and the Corporeal Christ". I thought it was awful
> but I got a good grade on it- ain't academics wonderful?
> 
> 'Lainie
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