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Fat Religion: Protestant Christianity and the Construction of the Fat Body
Fat Religion: Protestant Christianity and the Construction of the Fat Body
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Fat Religion: Protestant Christianity and the Construction of the Fat Body examines how Protestant Christianity contributes to the moralization of fat bodies and the proliferation of practices to conform fat bodies to thin ideals. It highlights the role of religion in shaping attitudes towards bodily control and its impact on weight-loss programs and secular diet culture.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 132 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Fat Religion: Protestant Christianity and the Construction of the Fat Body delves into the profound influence of Protestant Christianity on the moralization of fat bodies and the widespread adoption of practices aimed at conforming fat bodies to slender ideals. With a primary focus on Protestant Christianity and evangelicalism, this book brings together a collection of essays that highlight the crucial role of religion in shaping our perceptions, discourse, and moral judgments regarding fat bodies. Contributors explore how concepts of indulgence and restraint, sin and obedience are employed to cultivate fear and hostility towards fat bodies. They also examine how religious ideology and language shape attitudes towards bodily control, which permeate not only Christian weight-loss programs but also constitute the foundation of secular diet culture. Furthermore, the contributors investigate how religious institutions actively strive to define and regulate the appropriate religious body. This volume makes a significant contribution to the growing field of critical fat studies by underscoring the profound significance of religion in the formation of historical and contemporary meanings and perceptions of fat bodies, including its moralizing role in justifying weight bias, prejudice, and privilege.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society.
Weight: 453g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367684976
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