Heaven's Kitchen (Paperback)

How do people practice religion in their everyday lives? How do our daily encounters with people who hold different religious beliefs shape the way we understand our own moral and spiritual selves? In "Heaven's Kitchen," Courtney Bender takes a highly original approach to answering these questions. For more than a year she worked in New York City as a volunteer for a nonprofit, nonreligious organization called God's Love We Deliver, helping to prepare home-cooked meals for people with AIDS. Paying close attention to what was said and not said, Bender traces how the volunteers gave voice to their moral positions and religious values. She also examines how they invested their conversations, and mundane activities such as cooking, with personal meaning that in turn affected how they saw their own spiritual lives. Filled with vibrant storytelling and rich theoretical insights, "Heaven's Kitchen" shows faith as a living practice, reshaping our understanding of the role of religion in contemporary American life.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2003
First published:	May 2003
Authors:	Courtney Bender
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	199
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-04282-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian life & practice > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian life & practice > General Books > Christianity > Christian life & practice
LSN:	0-226-04282-0
Barcode:	9780226042824

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