Beyond Factory Farming: A Contemplative-Prophetic Approach to Food (Ecology and Justice) - Softcover

Robinson, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626986657 ISBN 13: 9781626986657

Publisher: Orbis Books (USA), 2026

Synopsis

Beyond Factory Farming applies key insights from Laudato Si' to specific issues of factory farming and ethical eating. The book offers a theological critique of factory farming. It also offers a constructive reflection on a wide range of ethical approaches to eating, attentive to their spiritual, environmental, social justice, and animal justice dimensions. While this project is rooted in the soil of Catholic ecotheology, it also extends into comparative engagement with the insights of a range of religious traditions.

How can our meals reroot us in the soils of creation? How can our foodways uproot and replace the desecrating system of factory farming? The contemplative-prophetic approach to food that is found in these pages weaves together religious, scientific, and culinary wisdom for our relationships with food, meals, and each other.

About this title

About the Author

James Robinson is director, Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit at Iona University and teaches courses as clinical lecturer in religious studies. He invites students in and beyond the academy to reflect on the intersection of religion, ecology, and social justice. His academic work is rooted in the fields of Ecotheology and Religion and Ecology. In addition, he has devoted much of his work to engaging with the insights of Thomas Merton and Rosemary Radford Ruether. He is actively involved in a number of lay Catholic communities committed to ecology and social justice, including Agape Community in Hardwick, MA, Benincasa Community in Guilford, CT, and Maryhouse Catholic Worker in NYC.

Edition details

• Publisher: Orbis Books (USA)
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626986657
• ISBN 13: 9781626986657
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272