SC - Food in high medieval theology (new book)

[Ann Sasahara]

Greetings

I vaguely remember seeing some PBS special were they interviewed a Dr of
Theology from Boston College about her new book _The God of Thinness_. She
explained that in the MA, men could donate land, goods and money to the
Church in order to be seen as pious and good Christians.  Women only had
power (albeit limited) over their own bodies.  In order to be seen as
pious and good Christians, women fasted.  I probably saw this three yrs
ago.  Was this Carolin Walker Bynum or someone else?

putting the pieces together,

Ariann

On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Laura C. Minnick wrote:
> 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?


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