CONTENTS

Foreword

MARTHA L. FINCH

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Religion, Food, and Eating

MARIE W. DALLAM

PART 1: THEOLOGICAL FOODWAYS

1. DYNAMICS OF CHRISTIAN DIETARY ABSTINENCE

DAVID GRUMETT

2. “JOIN US! COME, EAT!”: VEGETARIANISM IN THE FORMATIVE PERIOD OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS AND THE UNITY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY

JEREMY RAPPORT

3. “AND AS WE DINE, WE SING AND PRAISE GOD”: FATHER AND MOTHER DIVINE’S THEOLOGIES OF FOOD

LEONARD NORMAN PRIMIANO

4. HALLELUJAH ACRES: CHRISTIAN RAW FOODS AND THE QUEST FOR HEALTH

ANNIE BLAZER

PART 2: IDENTITY FOODWAYS

5. DRAYDEL SALAD: THE SERIOUS BUSINESS OF JEWISH FOOD AND FUN IN THE 1950S

RACHEL GROSS

6. SALMON AS SACRAMENT: FIRST SALMON CEREMONIES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

SUZANNE CRAWFORD O’BRIEN

7. AN UNUSUAL FEAST: GUMBO AND THE COMPLEX BREW OF BLACK RELIGION

DEREK S. HICKS

8. “I CHOSE JUDAISM BUT CHRISTMAS COOKIES CHOSE ME”: FOOD, IDENTITY, AND FAMILIAL RELIGIOUS PRACTICE IN CHRISTIAN/JEWISH BLENDED FAMILIES

SAMIRA K. MEHTA

PART 3: NEGOTIATED FOODWAYS

9. CRYSTALLIZING SUBJECTIVITIES IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA: SUGAR, HONEY, AND THE GODS OF AFRO-CUBAN LUCUMÍ

ELIZABETH PÉREZ

10. GOOD TO EAT: CULINARY PRIORITIES IN THE NATION OF ISLAM AND THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

KATE HOLBROOK

11. MINDFUL EATING: AMERICAN BUDDHISTS AND WORLDLY BENEFITS

JEFF WILSON

12. THE FEAST AT THE END OF THE FAST: THE EVOLUTION OF AN AMERICAN JEWISH RITUAL

NORA L. RUBEL

PART 4: ACTIVIST FOODWAYS

13. KOINONIA PARTNERS: A DEMONSTRATION PLOT FOR FOOD, FELLOWSHIP, AND SUSTAINABILITY

TODD LEVASSEUR

14. REFRESHING THE CONCEPT OF HALAL MEAT: RESISTANCE AND RELIGIOSITY IN CHICAGO’S TAQWA ECO-FOOD COOPERATIVE

SARAH E. ROBINSON

15. QUASI-RELIGIOUS AMERICAN FOODWAYS: THE CASES OF VEGETARIANISM AND LOCAVORISM

BENJAMIN E. ZELLER

Selected Bibliography on Religion and Food

List of Contributors

Index