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Hunger and Happiness

Feeding the Hungry, Nourishing Our Souls
  • ISBN-13: 9780806670607
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: AUGSBURG BOOKS
  • By L. Shannon Jung
  • Price: AUD $34.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 31/07/2009
  • Format: Paperback (216.00mm X 140.00mm) 160 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Christian life & practice [HRCV]
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In a world where there is so much food, why are so many people hungry? Amidst so much plenty, why aren't people happier? L. Shannon Jung insists that the two questions-one having to do with physical hunger, the other with spiritual want-are related. Hunger and Happiness exposes the atrocities of a global food system whereby the affluent "feed" at the expense of others, but then goes on to explore how complicity in the hunger of others contributes to the "spiritual malnourishment" of those who otherwise are well fed. Chapters address particular aspects of a global food policy that insures cheap food for some at great expense to many others. Jung considers the psychological and theological implications of such policy and after assessing the moral ramifications of cheap food, offers possibilities for alleviating physical hunger in the world and spiritual malaise in our lives.
Shannon Jung is Franklin and Louise Cole Professor of Town and Country Ministries at Saint Paul School of Theology. He has published broadly in religious ethics, focusing especially in the area of food ethics.
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