The pleasures of food and the good life

Contrary to the claims of some critics, the Christian tradition is not opposed to bodily pleasure. In fact, approached rightly, the pleasures of good food and drink can be occasions of divine encounter. Despite outlying examples of extreme asceticism, Christianity holds two truths in tension: pleasu...

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Main Author: Jorgenson, Cameron (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2020
In: Review and expositor
Year: 2020, Volume: 117, Issue: 4, Pages: 483-496
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KAA Church history
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Virtue
B Pleasure
B Thomas Aquinas
B Asceticism
B Vice
B Food
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)