Food, festival and religion. materiality and place in Italy

Abstract

their product, and the ways the role of these suppliers has been affected by shifts in social attitudes. The methodological focus on the view of the individual yields useful insights into trends relating to the religious lives of those who use their product. The theory of change developed by the authors works best with respect to Christianity and at a societal level, especially with respect to the social and structural situations of the various religious suppliers. However, in terms of the diversity and complexity of individual subjective religious experience, the book perhaps throws up as many questions as it answers.