Seminary: Garrett- Evangelical Theological Seminary
Location: 2121 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201
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Instructor: Dr. Timothy Eberhart
Website: www.garrett.edu
Course Description
God’s call to participate in the abundant life of loving communion is given to us in the form of a meal invitation: “Take, eat (Matt. 26:26). “Taste and see that the Lord is good” (Ps. 34:8). But how are we to gather together in holy meals when the food we consume is bound up in the earth’s degradation and the exploitation of neighbors near and far? This course will integrate a critical theology of food and agriculture with practical encounters with the emerging holistic food economy (e.g. urban organic agriculture, community food cooperatives, ecological garden design) in the Chicago area.