Introduction What is a proper theology of eating? To answer this question, Norman Wirzba in his book, Food and Faith, how our view of food is to be understood in light of God’s gifting of creation. At the outset, Wirzba accepts that his own articulation of a theology of food is limited to the constraints of his own theological tradition and vision. Though he falls in line with what is typically define as Wesleyan theology, the question must be asked how effective he was in this process. What is the purpose or need for a theology of food in the Wesleyan vain? Therefore, a question has to be asked concerning Wirzba’s works and how faithful his theology of eating is to John Wesley's own moral theology as developed in Stephen Long’s book, John …show more content…
Humanity’s relationship with creation is found in the very gift of life that is sacrificed to preserve life. Whether one recognizes the relationship with creation or not when providing the body with nutrients and energy to survive there is a profound relationship in existence; the death of one for the life of another. Death is the precondition of life. However, Wirzba argues that this relationship is diminished and neglected by industrialized fast food. Fast food is not meant for eaters or the eaten but for profit. This drive for profit, facilitated by technological advances, slow breaks down the relationship between society and their food that was once central. In Wirzba’s view, the fast food culture chooses the attitude of abuse of creation over an attitude of delight and gratitude in creation. This abuse and choice of convenience over gratitude affects not only the eaten but the eater as well. When profit is the goal, personal health is not a priority, both physically and socially. This disordering of the reciprocity inherent in creation by technology represents the deep seeded disorder to which only the answer is the found in the pattern of the