Fat religion : Protestant Christianity and the construction of the fat body /: Protestant Christianity and the construction of the fat body. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Lynne Gerber, Susan Hill, LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant.
• Editors: Gerber, Lynne; Hill, Susan E; Manigault-Bryant, LeRhonda S, 1977-
• Contents: Preface Lynne Gerber, Susan Hill and LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant Introduction: Religion and Fat = Protestant Christianity and Weight Loss? On the Intersections of Fat Studies and Religious Studies Lynne Gerber, Susan Hill and LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant 1. Fat, Syn, and Disordered Eating: The Dangers and Powers of Excess Hannah Bacon 2. Guilt-Free and Sinfully Delicious: A Contemporary Theology of Weight Loss Dieting Emily J. H. Contois 3. The Christian Dieter’s Dilemma: Abundance and Restriction in Two Christian Weight Loss Programs Lynne Gerber 4. God’s Diets: The Fat Body and the Bible as an Eating Guide in Evangelical Christianity Fabio Parasecoli 5. Pounds Off for Jesus: Oral Roberts University and the Fat Body, 1976 to 1978 Jonathan Root 6. Christianity, Fat Talk, and Samoan Pastors: Rethinking the Fat-Positive-Fat-Stigma Framework Jessica Hardin 7. Good News: A Sermon on Fat Justice Mycroft Masada
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 233.5; Human body -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Overweight persons -- Religious life
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000350562; 9781000350548; 9781003137832
• Related ISBNs: 9780367684945
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