SC - Food in high medieval theology (new book)

[Laura C. Minnick]

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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