Cannibals were picky eaters? - Beyond Tiki

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Sun, Mar 25, 2012 1:11 PM (This message was first posted two weeks ago in another thread - I am relocating to this thread, as it is a much better fit here) A new book on cannibalism.... 'An Intellectual History of Cannibalism' by Catalin Avramescu http://lareviewofbooks.org/post/18900540016/people-who-eat-people I have not yet purchased or read the book, but the above book review provides some insight into the theological debates raised by the Church and missionaries when encountering civilization where people were eaten. Here is a sample ..... A starving man eats the flesh of another, whereupon the flesh of the eaten is transformed into that of the eater. At the Resurrection, how will the bodies of each be made whole and rise up entire? If this problem could not be satisfactorily addressed, one Church Father wrote, critics could rightly “draw the conclusion that the resurrection cannot take place, because it is not possible for two men to be resurrected with the same flesh at the same time.”

(This message was first posted two weeks ago in another thread - I am relocating to this thread, as it is a much better fit here)

A new book on cannibalism....

I have not yet purchased or read the book, but the above book review provides some insight into the theological debates raised by the Church and missionaries when encountering civilization where people were eaten. Here is a sample .....