Embodiment and Black Religion - Rethinking the Body in African American Religious Experience - CERCL Writing Collective
8. Gathering around the Table: Food Practices and Religious Meaning
Embodiment and Black Religion - Rethinking the Body in African American Religious Experience - CERCL Writing Collective
CERCL Writing Collective [+]
Rice University
The authors of this volume are the members of Rice University's Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning Writing Collective: Anthony B. Pinn, Jessica B. Davenport, Justine M. Bakker, Cleve V. Tinsley IV, Biko Mandela Gray, David A. Kline, Jason O. Jeffries, Sharde' N. Chapman and Mark A. DeYoung
Description
Chapter 8 argues that black veganism can be understood as a form of religious meaning-making. Black vegans’ food practices and belief systems are seen as a religious form of resisting the legacy of slavery that equated enslaved Africans with animals. By abstaining from eating animal products, black vegans see themselves as refusing the system that once enslaved them and continues to objectify and dehumanize black bodies.