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| The legacy of Thanksgiving: gratitude, identity, and eating |
November 27, 2021 |
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Food is not traditionally included in the study of religion, but as our guest says, “everyone eats!” Ben Zeller is a researcher of food’s relationship to religion. He says including food in religious studies is important because it re-centers religious studies on the lived experience of everyday people, as well as illuminating what a certain faith dictates about the body, self-control, celebration, and community. One feature of religion and food almost universal to every faith is feasting. Zeller also discusses arguably the biggest feast in America, Thanksgiving, and how it went from a regional day of prayer and gratitude, to the standardized, commercialized, civil holiday we celebrate today.
Benjamin Zeller, associate professor of religion at Lake Forest College and co-editor of Religion, Food, and Eating in North America
If you'd like to take a look at Zeller's database of religion and food resources, click here. |
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