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Title |
Title of document |
6. What Does religion Taste Like? - Tasting Religion |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Graham Harvey; Open University; United Kingdom |
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Religious Studies; Anthropology; History |
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Keyword(s) |
foodways; religion and the body; religion and the senses; food in religion; lived religion; material religion; food rules; food and ritual; halal |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
Religion and the Senses; Religion and Body |
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Description |
Abstract |
Religions are replete with feasts and fasts, with food rules (explicit or assumed). They are social acts that are often structured around shared meals or shared rules about what can or cannot be consumed. Religious festivals are often identifiable by the specific foods. Some mythologies emphasise the consumption of helpful or salvific beings or substances. Sub-arctic bear ceremonies, Christian eucharists, meals during or after periods of fasting in many religions all illustrate the centrality of consumption. Foods and drinks often play significant roles in the oppositions that highlight the key themes of particular religions, especially when these view physicality as problematic. In the everyday lives of religious people, foodways act to reinforce affiliations. But they also flavour commitments and communities. This chapter surveys the tastes of selected religions to experiment with a definition of religion as social foodways. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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01-Feb-2026 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/44089 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.44089 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Tasting Religion |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |