Mesa para três (ou mais)

: A mesa como encontro do eu com o outro. Uma degustação antropológica-fenomenológica da comunhão à mesa

Abstract

This study offers an interdisciplinary reflection on the table as a symbolic and existential space of human and spiritual communion. Drawing on an anthropological approach, the table is recognized as a structuring place of family, social, and cultural relationships, where food, stories, and identities are shared. Phenomenology helps us grasp the lived experience of sharing — gestures, bodies, silences — as a mediation of meaning and a bond with the other. In turn, Christian theology interprets the table in light of Jesus’ practices, especially his meals with sinners and the marginalized, culminating in the Eucharist as the fullness of communion with God and with one another. The table thus becomes a theological space of revelation, inclusion, and salvation — a symbol of the Kingdom of God inaugurated in the concrete sharing of life and bread.

Date of Award	11 Dec 2025
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	José Pedro Lopes Angélico (Supervisor)