Bodies and Behaviours: A Study of Body Image in Adolescent Girls and the Canadian Church

This is an interdisciplinary study that applies Christian feminist theology and health sciences' insights to the results of a study concerning adolescent girls and body image. The desire of adolescent girls to be thin is inherently connected to their desire for wholeness, acceptance and uncondi...

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Authors: Michaelson, Valerie (Author) ; Trothen, Tracy J. 1963- (Author)
Contributors: Davison, Colleen (Other) ; Pickett, William
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2016]
In: Practical theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 314-330
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
FD Contextual theology
KBQ North America
NBE Anthropology
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Church
B Health
B Adolescent girls
B Body Image
B Feminist Theology
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)