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Book SynopsisA timely and wide-ranging exploration of the appropriate Christian response to the issues of food and diet in today's world, from health and the environment to animal rights and economic justice.
Trade Review"What in God's Name are you Eating?" might both help us to keep hold of a vision of a more sustainable future and provide a practical manual for the taking of some positive personal initiatives ... As this book consistently reminds us, "Just one step starts a journey". Finishing the book, I looked hard at my lunch before me on the table. After eating with a little more awareness of the bigger processes that led to the placing of that food before me, I got up from the table resolving, in fact, to re-establish my own rectory vegetable garden. Aspiration had become application - and that's what we need now to carry us forward. Rev Andrew Norman, Methodist Recorder, 26th June 2015 "Andrew Francis's What in God's Name are you Eating? Is an informative and engaging look at the ethical and environmental implications which our food choices have in the modern global market. . Suitable read for anyone interested in informing themselves regarding the ethical implications which the modern diet entails." -Kris Hiuser, Theological Book Review, Vol. 26 No. 2, 2015
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1. Four Snapshots and a Question 2. Cooking Up a Storm PART TWO: THE NATURE OF OUR CHALLENGE 3. Global Concerns 4. Discipleship's Demand PART THREE: THE BIG ISSUES 5. Water, Water, Everywhere 6. Food Miles, Free-Range, and Animal Welfare 7. The Big Meat Debate 8. Cereal Killers and Genetic Modification 9. Free Trade, Fair Trade, Fair Prices, Fare Labels 10. Self-Sufficiency, Simplicity, and Grow Your Own 11. The End of the Line . . . PART FOUR: CHANGING THE WORLD 12. Start Here 13. Developing a Global Strategy 14. Conclusions Bibliography
