LEADER 04906nam 22010814a 450 001 9910816780803321 005 20240410064108.0 010 $a9786612763076 010 $a0-520-93811-9 010 $a1-282-76307-5 010 $a1-59734-507-5 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520938113 035 $a(CKB)1000000000024230 035 $a(EBL)223882 035 $a(OCoLC)475929185 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000113978 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140602 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113978 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10101688 035 $a(PQKB)11402905 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084779 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC223882 035 $a(DE-B1597)519430 035 $a(OCoLC)56727227 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520938113 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL223882 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10068567 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL276307 035 $a(dli)HEB30759 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000012322564 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000024230 100 $a20040305d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBorn again bodies $eflesh and spirit in American Christianity /$fR. Marie Griffith 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (338 p.) 225 1 $aCalifornia studies in food and culture ;$v12 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-21753-5 311 0 $a0-520-24240-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tA Note on Reading the Images --$t1. Gluttons for Regimen --$t2. Sculptors of Our Own Exterior --$t3. Minding the Body --$t4. Pray the Weight Away --$t5. "Don't Eat That" --$tEpilogue --$tNotes --$tPrimary Source Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $a"Fat People Don't Go to Heaven!" screamed a headline in the tabloid Globe in November 2000. The story recounted the success of the Weigh Down Workshop, the nation's largest Christian diet corporation and the subject of extensive press coverage from Larry King Live to the New Yorker. In the United States today, hundreds of thousands of people are making diet a religious duty by enrolling in Christian diet programs and reading Christian diet literature like What Would Jesus Eat? and Fit for God. Written with style and wit, far ranging in its implications, and rich with the stories of real people, Born Again Bodies launches a provocative yet sensitive investigation into Christian fitness and diet culture. Looking closely at both the religious roots of this movement and its present-day incarnations, R. Marie Griffith vividly analyzes Christianity's intricate role in America's obsession with the body, diet, and fitness. As she traces the underpinning of modern-day beauty and slimness ideals-as well as the bigotry against people who are overweight-Griffith links seemingly disparate groups in American history including seventeenth-century New England Puritans, Progressive Era New Thought adherents, and late-twentieth-century evangelical diet preachers. 410 0$aCalifornia studies in food and culture ;$v12. 606 $aHuman body$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines 606 $aHuman body$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aProtestantism$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xReligious life and customs 610 $aamerica. 610 $aamerican history. 610 $abeauty ideals. 610 $abigotry. 610 $aborn again christians. 610 $achristian dieting. 610 $achristian fitness. 610 $achristianity. 610 $adiet and nutrition. 610 $adiet culture. 610 $adiet history. 610 $adiet literature. 610 $adiet preachers. 610 $adiet programs. 610 $afitness programs. 610 $afood and culture. 610 $anonfiction survey. 610 $anonfiction. 610 $aobesity. 610 $aoverweight populations. 610 $aphysical anthropology. 610 $areligious movements. 610 $areligious perspectives. 610 $asociology. 610 $aspiritual connections. 610 $aspirituality. 610 $atheoretical approach. 610 $aunited states. 615 0$aHuman body$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines. 615 0$aHuman body$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aProtestantism$xHistory. 676 $a233/.5 700 $aGriffith$b R. Marie$g(Ruth Marie),$f1967-$0874547 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816780803321 996 $aBorn again bodies$93972513 997 $aUNINA