Food and Religion: Women, Food & Religion

Women, Food and Religion

Feeding the Gods: Memories of Food and Culture in Bengal by Chitrita Banerji
Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women (Online) by Caroline Walker Bynum Argues that food lies at the heart of much of famous medieval women's piety. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations.
Private Women, Public Meals by Kathleen Corley This work examines how women's differing and changing roles (especially in meal or banquet settings) in the ancient Greco-Roman world are reflected in the gospel portraits of women.
The Women in God's Kitchen by Cristina Mazzoni