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Born again bodies : flesh and spirit in American Christianity
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- Creator
- R. Marie Griffith
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- English
- Publication
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- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2004]
- ©2004
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780520242401, 1417545178, 9780520217539, 0520242408, 1597345075, 9786612763076, 0520217535, 0520938119, 9781417545179, 9780520938113, 1282763075
- OCLC
- ocn475929185, ocm54753317, ocm56727227
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index.
- Introduction: Perilous body gospels -- A note on reading the images -- Gluttons for regimen: Anglo-Protestant culture and the reorientation of appetite -- Sculptors of our own exterior: new thought physiques -- Minding the body: divergent paths of new thought perfectionism -- Pray the weight away: shaping devotional fitness culture -- "Don't eat that": denial, indulgence, and exclusion in Christian diet culture -- Epilogue: Bodies in crisis?