John David Penniman: 1 book
Raised on Christian Milk
Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
A fascinating new study of the symbolic power of food and its role in forming kinship bonds and religious identity in early Christianity Scholar of religion John Penniman considers the symbolic importance of food in the early Roman world in an engaging and original new study that demonstrates how “eating...
