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Wherever the water is, however, it is being depleted, diverted, squandered, or polluted. Nearly 70 percent of freshwater withdrawal is for agricultural purposes, which means that \u201cAgriculture is a thirsty business.\u201d34 As the need for increased food production continues, ever greater amounts of water will be necessary. The water is simply not there. Glaciers are receding, underground aquifers are being depleted at unsustainable rates, and many of the world\u2019s major rivers (the Colorado, Nile, Ganges, and Yellow rivers) periodically run dry before they reach their ocean destinations.<\/p>\n

Nearly 60 percent of the world\u2019s major rivers are now dammed or fragmented in some signi\ufb01cant way, often for power generation or to create reservoirs for agriculture and recreation. Because so many of our waterways have been diverted or dammed, the immense forests, \ufb01elds, and watersheds\/wetlands that depend on water \ufb02ow are compromised. These water stresses invariably work themselves out on the political stage. It is projected that by the year 2025, 65 percent of the world\u2019s people will be living in water-stressed countries. All this will occur in a context where the worldwide demand for water will double by the year 2050.<\/p>\n

Besides being a recipe for ecological and agricultural catastrophe (the Green Revolution is heavily dependent on irrigation), water shortages will lead to violent con\ufb02ict and forced migrations as people grow thirsty, hungry, and desperate.35 It is not only freshwater systems we need to worry about. Ocean \ufb01sheries are also in serious distress. Many \ufb01shing grounds (estimated by some at 75 percent) have been \ufb01shed to exhaustion. If current trends continue, scientists predict that by the year 2050 all commercial ocean \ufb01sheries will collapse.<\/p>\n

As Speth points out, however, our marine problems are not con\ufb01ned to over\ufb01sh- ing. Coastal pollution, the destruction of mangroves, and the bleaching of coral reefs (due to global warming) are all taking a major destructive toll. For many people, \ufb01sh are the major source of food and aquaculture a primary means of life. If people hope to continue to eat \ufb01sh for long, various forms of sustainable aquaculture will need to develop quickly to meet the need.36 Bourne, The End of Plenty, 205.<\/p>\n

Speth, The Bridge at the Edge of the World, 32\u201333. Speth\u2019s treatment has been very informative throughout this section. See also Fred Pearce\u2019s When the Rivers Run Dry: Water \u2013 The De\ufb01ning Crisis of the Twenty-First Century (Boston: Beacon Press, 2007), and Peter H. Gleick\u2019s The World\u2019s Water 2006\u20132007: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2006). Bourne describes some of these efforts in The End of Plenty, 165\u2013181.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/9781108631846.007 Published online by Cambridge University Press Genetic Diversity and Integrity An examination of the plant variety in today\u2019s typical diet reveals a dramatic shrinking of the gene pool. According to the FAO, humans can eat roughly 30,000 plant species. Ten thousand or so have been eaten at some time.<\/p>\n

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This book provides a comprehensive theological framework for assessing the signi\ufb01cance of eating. Drawing on diverse theological, philosophical, and anthro- pological insights, it offers fresh ways to evaluate food production and consump- tion practices as they are being worked out in today\u2019s industrial food economy. Unlike books that focus primarily on vegetarianism and hunger-related con- cerns, this book broadens the scope of consideration to include the sacramental character of eating, the deep signi\ufb01cance of hospitality, the meaning of death and sacri\ufb01ce, the Eucharist as the place of inspiration and orientation, the import- ance of saying grace, and the possibility of eating in heaven.<\/p>\n

Throughout, eating is presented as a way of enacting \ufb01delity between persons, between people and fellow creatures, and between people and Earth. Food and Faith demonstrates that eating is of profound economic, moral, and spiritual signi\ufb01cance. Revised throughout, this edition includes a new introduction and two new chapters, as well as updated footnotes. The additions add signi\ufb01cantly to the core idea of creaturely membership and hospitality through discussion of the micro- biome revolution in science, and the daunting challenge of the Anthropocene.<\/p>\n

Norman Wirzba is Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School, and a senior fellow at Duke\u2019s Kenan Institute for Ethics. His \ufb01rst edition of Food and Faith was named \u201cBook of the Year\u201d by the Englewood Review of Books, and earned \u201cHonorable Mention\u201d in the 2011 PROSE Award. Wirzba\u2019s other books include From Nature to Creation, Way of Love, Making Peace with the Land, Living the Sabbath, and The Paradise of God, and he is the editor for a book series on the \u201cNew Agrarianism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press Food and Faith A Theology of Eating Second Edition norman wirzba Duke University Published online by Cambridge University Press University Printing House, Cambridge cb2 8bs, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, ny 10006, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, vic 3207, Australia 314\u2013321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi \u2013 110025, India 79 Anson Road, #06\u201304\/06, Singapore 079906 Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge.<\/p>\n

It furthers the University\u2019s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org\/9781108455961 doi: 10.1017\/9781108631846 First edition \u00a9 Norman Wirzba 2011 Second edition \u00a9 Cambridge University Press 2019 This publication is in copyright.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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