Foreigners and their food: constructing otherness in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic law
Foreigners and Their Food explores how Jews, Christians, and Muslims conceptualize "us" and "them" through rules about the preparation of food by adherents of other religions and the act of eating with such outsiders. David M. Freidenreich analyzes the significance of food to rel...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley
University of Californiarnia Press
c2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Further subjects: | B
Comparative Studies
B Food Religious aspects Christianity B Food Religious aspects Comparative studies B Identification (religion) Comparative studies B Identification (religion) Comparative studies B BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Gaia & Earth Energies B Food ; Religious aspects B Muslims ; Dietary laws B RELIGION ; Christianity ; General B Interfaith Relations B Food ; Religious aspects ; Christianity B Religions B Religions Relations B Mat ; religiösa aspekter B Muslims Dietary laws B Jews ; Dietary laws B Electronic books Comparative studies Electronic books B Food Comparative studies Religious aspects B Identification (religion) B Matkultur B Jews Dietary laws |
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| Summary: | Foreigners and Their Food explores how Jews, Christians, and Muslims conceptualize "us" and "them" through rules about the preparation of food by adherents of other religions and the act of eating with such outsiders. David M. Freidenreich analyzes the significance of food to religious formation, elucidating the ways ancient and medieval scholars use food restrictions to think about the "other." Freidenreich illuminates the subtly different ways Jews, Christians, and Muslims perceive themselves, and he demonstrates how these distinctive self-conceptions shape ideas about religious foreigners and communal boundaries. This work, the first to analyze change over time across the legal literatures of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, makes pathbreaking contributions to the history of interreligious intolerance and to the comparative study of religion |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 0520950275 |