{"product_id":"born-again-bodies-flesh-and-spirit-in-american-christianity-california-studies-in-food-and-culture-12-9780520242401","title":"Born Again Bodies Flesh and Spirit in American","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaunches a sensitive investigation into Christian fitness and diet culture. This book analyzes Christianity's intricate role in America's obsession with the body, diet, and fitness. It traces the underpinning of modern-day beauty and slimness ideals - as well as the bigotry against people who are overweight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Acknowledgments  Introduction: Perilous Body Gospels A Note on Reading the Images  1. Gluttons for Regimen: Anglo-Protestant Culture and the Reorientation of Appetite The Diet of Angels: Fasting in Early Modern Anglo-American Protestantism Gospels of Physick: Medicine, Methodism, and Mortification Rarefied Flesh: Sexual Regulation, Bodily Pleasure, and Perfection Phrenology and Somatic Authenticity  2. Sculptors of Our Own Exterior: New Thought Physiques \"Nothing but a Dense Shadow\": The Body as Delusion? Corresponding Bodies Female Sexual Pleasure and Mystical Communion: Reproducing a Civilized Race Regimens Shaping Bodies to Come  3. Minding the Body: Divergent Paths of New Thought Perfectionism Living on Air: Gospels of Fasting, Conquest, and Purgation William Sheldon's Metaphysical Somatotypes God in a Body: Gastronomy and Black Power  4. Pray the Weight Away: Shaping Devotional Fitness Culture Shedd-ing Pounds: Scripture and Devotional Practice in Service to Weight Loss The Burgeoning Christian Diet Culture From Empathy to Authority: Shifting Models of Expertise Religious Devotion to Thinness Outside Mainstream Protestantism  5. \"Don't Eat That\": Denial, Indulgence, and Exclusion in Christian Diet Culture Poisoned Bodies, Blemished Souls: Food as Taint and Transgression Loved on a Smaller Scale: Women,Weight, and the Divine Lover Above The Power of Perfection: Purified Bodies and Racialized Worlds  Epilogue: Bodies in Crisis?  Notes Primary Source Bibliography Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402822852951,"sku":"9780520242401","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520242401.jpg?v=1730481606","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/born-again-bodies-flesh-and-spirit-in-american-christianity-california-studies-in-food-and-culture-12-9780520242401","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}