{"product_id":"born-again-bodies-flesh-and-spirit-in-american-christianity-9780520242401","title":"Born Again Bodies: Flesh and Spirit in American Christianity","description":"\"Fat People Don't Go to Heaven!\" screamed a headline in the tabloid \u003ci\u003eGlobe \u003c\/i\u003ein 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 \u003ci\u003eLarry King Live \u003c\/i\u003eto the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker. \u003c\/i\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eWhat Would Jesus Eat? \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFit for God. \u003c\/i\u003eWritten with style and wit, far ranging in its implications, and rich with the stories of real people, \u003ci\u003eBorn Again Bodies \u003c\/i\u003elaunches 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-135289\"\u003eR. Marie Griffith\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.08w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520242401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520242408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC002020\"\u003eAnthropology | Physical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL012000\"\u003eChristian Living | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC002010\"\u003eAnthropology | Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eR. Marie Griffith\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Religion at Princeton University and author of \u003ci\u003eGod's Daughters: Evangelical Women and the Power of Submission \u003c\/i\u003e(California, 1997).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44296969683181,"sku":"9780520242401","price":58.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_52a97019-9392-4e36-a743-23710115a42d.jpg?v=1697217114","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/born-again-bodies-flesh-and-spirit-in-american-christianity-9780520242401","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}