Born Again Bodies - Flesh and Spirit in American Christianity (Paperback)

Fat People Don't Go to Heaven screamed a headline in the tabloid "Globe "in November 2000. The story recounted the success of the Weigh Down Workshop, the nation's largest Christian diet corporation and the subject of extensive press coverage from "Larry King Live "to the "New Yorker. "In the United States today, hundreds of thousands of people are making diet a religious duty by enrolling in Christian diet programs and reading Christian diet literature like "What Would Jesus Eat? "and "Fit for God. "Written with style and wit, far ranging in its implications, and rich with the stories of real people, "Born Again Bodies "launches a provocative yet sensitive investigation into Christian fitness and diet culture. Looking closely at both the religious roots of this movement and its present-day incarnations, R. Marie Griffith vividly analyzes Christianity's intricate role in America's obsession with the body, diet, and fitness. As she traces the underpinning of modern-day beauty and slimness idealsOCoas well as the bigotry against people who are overweightOCoGriffith links seemingly disparate groups in American history including seventeenth-century New England Puritans, Progressive Era New Thought adherents, and late-twentieth-century evangelical diet preachers."

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	California Studies in Food and Culture, 12
Release date:	October 2004
First published:	October 2004
Authors:	R.Marie Griffith
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	337
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-24240-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Christianity > Christian theology
LSN:	0-520-24240-8
Barcode:	9780520242401

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