Fat religion : Protestant Christianity and the construction of the fat body / edited by Lynne Gerber, Susan Hill and LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gerber, Lynne, editor.

Hill, Susan (Editor), editor.

Manigault-Bryant, LeRhonda, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Human body.

Overweight persons--Religious life.

Overweight persons.

Protestantism--Sociological aspects.

Protestantism.

Evangelicalism.

Physical Description:

x, 131 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Fat, Syn, and Disordered Fating: The Dangers and Powers of Fxcess / 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 Fating 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 hat-Positive-Fat-Stigma Framework / Jessica Hardin

7. Good News: A Sermon on Fat Justice / Mycroft Masada.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780367684945

0367684942

OCLC:

1196246433

Publisher Number:

99987453446