Dana Robinson is interested in the daily lives and religion of ordinary Christians in the post-Constantine era. What better way to examine their experience than to learn about how they shared meals? This episode is full of historical insights into early Christians’ relationship with food—from banquets to animal sacrifices to the Eucharist.
“I think what people do in their understanding of Christianity is just as important as what theologians say, and that the interchange between those two things is what pushes Christianity to develop in the ways that it does.”
Dr. Jay David Miller teaches English at George Fox University and serves as an associate editor for the journal Quaker Religious Thought.
Dr. Dana Robinson is an assistant professor of History and Theology at George Fox University. Check out her book, Food, Virtue, and the Shaping of Early Christianity.
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