Fat bodies, diet culture, and human flourishing: How did we get it so wrong?

Contemporary diet culture is detrimental to many Western men and women, though women are disproportionately impacted. This results in poor body image, low self-esteem, and unhealthy lifestyles. Christian discourse is not immune to the influence of diet culture, with many popular Christian pastors an...

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Authors: Bowden, Jennifer (Author) ; Habets, Myk 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2024
In: Dialog
Year: 2024, Volume: 63, Issue: 4, Pages: 166-173
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
NBC Doctrine of God
NBE Anthropology
NCH Medical ethics
Further subjects:B Image of God
B Diet
B Health
B fat
B weight
B Anthropology
B Bodies
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Summary:Contemporary diet culture is detrimental to many Western men and women, though women are disproportionately impacted. This results in poor body image, low self-esteem, and unhealthy lifestyles. Christian discourse is not immune to the influence of diet culture, with many popular Christian pastors and authors adopting this paradigm and seeking to align it with a Christian worldview. When an understanding of a human being as an anthropological duality is brought to bear on the issue of diet culture, a more consistently Christian anthropology can resource a healthier view of the embodied self and provide resources for a robust Christian response to diet culture.
ISSN:1540-6385
Contains:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/dial.12859