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Book Synopsis Religion Made Me Fat by : Amyjo Mattheis
Download or read book Religion Made Me Fat written by Amyjo Mattheis and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through real life stories, AmyJo Mattheis narrates her upbringing in the church and how she became an ordained minister with questions. Questions about God, fun, sex, money, flirting and more, all come up in a life well lived within the visions and expectations of the Christian church. Can an ordained woman wear red lipstick? Is sexuality dirty? Are women the source of sin? Should pastors not want things? Does everyone really burn in hell who doesn't know Jesus? Religion Made Me Fat chronicles the evolution of Mattheis' understanding of the man Jesus and what his teachings mean to men and women, atheists and others who believe a different way. Through her experiences as a pastor's kid in California, working in West Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer, her time as an intern pastor in Jerusalem and an ordained minister in the United States, Mattheis challenges us to take seriously the role Christianity plays in our intimate and collective lives. What does Religion Made Me Fat mean anyway?
Download or read book Fat Religion written by Lynne Gerber and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fat Religion: Protestant Christianity and the Construction of the Fat Body explores how Protestant Christianity contributes to the moralization of fat bodies and the proliferation of practices to conform fat bodies to thin ideals. Focusing primarily on Protestant Christianity and evangelicalism, this book brings together essays that emphasize the role of religion in the ways that we imagine, talk about, and moralize fat bodies. Contributors explore how ideas about indulgence and restraint, sin and obedience are used to create and maintain fear of, and animosity towards, fat bodies. They also examine how religious ideology and language shape attitudes towards bodily control that not only permeate Christian weight-loss programs, but are fundamental to secular diet culture as well. Furthermore, the contributors investigate how religious institutions themselves attempt to define and control the proper religious body. This volume contributes to the burgeoning field of critical fat studies by underscoring the significance of religion in the formation of historical and contemporary meanings and perceptions of fat bodies, including its moralizing role in justifying weight bias, prejudice, and privilege. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society.
Book Synopsis Take Back Your Temple Member Guide by : Kimberly Y. Taylor
Download or read book Take Back Your Temple Member Guide written by Kimberly Y. Taylor and published by Wellspring Omnimedia. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to start a Christian weight loss program at your church? The Take Back Your Temple Member Guide gives your support group the wisdom they need to reach their ideal weight and maintain it for life. Includes Christian health scriptures for motivation, delicious recipes, and a survival plan for handling common weight loss barriers like emotional eating, bottomless food pits, and more.
Book Synopsis Does This Church Make Me Look Fat? by : Rhoda Janzen
Download or read book Does This Church Make Me Look Fat? written by Rhoda Janzen and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhoda Janzen had reconnected with her family and her roots, though her future felt uncertain. But when she starts dating a churchgoer, the skeptic begins a surprising journey to faith and love. Rhoda doesn't slide back into the dignified simplicity of the Mennonite church. Instead she finds herself hanging with the Pentecostals, who really know how to get down with sparkler pom-poms. Amid the hand waving and hallelujahs, Rhoda finds a faith richly practical for life.
Book Synopsis The Weigh Down Diet by : Gwen Shamblin
Download or read book The Weigh Down Diet written by Gwen Shamblin and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isn’t your desire to overeat really spiritual hunger? “I can stop in the middle of a candy bar and have no desire to eat the second half if my stomach is not calling for it.” - Gwen Shamblin Do you eat and eat and never feel full? Rise above the magnetic pull of the refrigerator and turn to the bounty offered to thousands who have embraced a liberating weight-reduction program in churches across America. The Weigh Down Diet gives new hope to millions who have failed on conventional diets and guides readers to the richer satisfaction that comes not from food, but from faith. Gwen Shamblin’s The Weigh Down Diet is a groundbreaking approach to weight loss. People who have known no end to their hunger and who have no control over their late-night binges have learned through the Weigh Down Workshop that they can remove the irresistible desire for food. This is not a diet like others, because it is not food-focused. It contains chapters such as “It’s Not Genetics or Your Mother’s Fault,” “I Feel Hungry All the Time,” and “How to Eat Potato Chips and Chocolate.” So, as you can see, here is a very different approach to weight loss. Weigh Down gives back hope to dieters who will learn that God did not put chocolate or lasagna on Earth to torture us – but rather for our enjoyment!
Book Synopsis An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, with Respect to Faith and Practice, Upon the Plan of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism, Comprehending a Complete Body of Divinity by : Thomas Boston
Download or read book An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, with Respect to Faith and Practice, Upon the Plan of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism, Comprehending a Complete Body of Divinity written by Thomas Boston and published by . This book was released on 1804 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Religion of Thinness by : Michelle Mary Lelwica
Download or read book The Religion of Thinness written by Michelle Mary Lelwica and published by Gurze Books. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With so many women approaching their diets, body image, and pursuit of a slender figure with slavish devotion, The Religion of Thinness is a timely addition to the discussion of our cultural obsession with weight loss. At the heart of this obsession is the belief that in order to be happy, one must be slim, and the attendant myths, rituals, images, and moral codes can leave some women with severe emotional damage. Idealized images in the media inspire devotees of this “religion” to experience guilt for behaviors that are biologically normal and necessary, and Lelwica offers two ways to combat this dangerous cultural message. Advising readers to look hard at the societal cues that cause them to obsess about their weight, and to remain mindful about their actions and needs, this book will not only help stop the cycle of guilt and shame associated with food, it will help readers to grow and accept their bodies as they are.
Book Synopsis Fat and Faithful by : J. Nicole Morgan
Download or read book Fat and Faithful written by J. Nicole Morgan and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are already enough, and you are not too much. J. Nicole Morgan grew up fat and loving Jesus. But she was forever burdened by what she saw as her biggest spiritual flaw: her weight. In Fat and Faithful, she shares her journey from body shame to fat acceptance and shows us how to care for the image of God found in every body--including our own. When the world tells us that our bodies are too much, J. Nicole Morgan reminds us that all people--no matter their size, shape, or ability--are beloved of God. Bodies of all sizes, shapes, colors, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and abilities are expressions of the body of Christ. When our first prayer isn't about changing our bodies, we create space to care for our neighbors and to celebrate the unique ways we are equipped to serve our communities in the bodies we have. Fat and Faithful shows us that the world is wider than the size of our waistline.
Book Synopsis The Only Little Prayer You Need by : Engle, Debra Landwehr
Download or read book The Only Little Prayer You Need written by Engle, Debra Landwehr and published by Hampton Roads Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We need to encourage an understanding that inner peace comes from relying on human values like love, compassion, tolerance, and honesty, and that peace in the world relies on individuals finding inner peace." —His Holiness, the Dalai Lama These six words—please heal my fear-based thoughts—change lives. In this brief and inspiring book, based on Engle’s study of A Course in Miracles, she explains how to use the prayer and experience immediate benefits: being less irritable, more patientlaughing morefeeling like you have more time, more energyworrying lessmaking decisions more easilysaying no without guilt A typical prayer goes something like this: "Please help us find the money to pay our mortgage this month." Saying the prayer may help you feel like the burden of that month's mortgage has been lifted, but the part of you that feeds on fear will simply seek out new financial worries to keep you awake at night. Old patterns remain intact. In contrast, asking, "Please heal my fear-based thoughts about our mortgage" lifts the burden AND relieves the need to re-create that fear and hold onto it. This prayer heals your very desire for burdens, your addiction to fear-based thoughts, freeing you to live without that fear and with greater peace of mind. As a result, your financial situation is also free to improve. That's what makes it so different. One Facebook fan told Engle, "The most blessed aspect of this prayer is all the open space it creates for peace—I never knew how many fear-based thoughts were clogging up in me until this prayer."
Book Synopsis The Religious Teachers of Greece by : James Adam
Download or read book The Religious Teachers of Greece written by James Adam and published by Edinburgh : T. & T. Clark. This book was released on 1908 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Killer Fat written by Natalie Boero and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-12 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past decade, obesity has emerged as a major public health concern in the United States and abroad. At the federal, state, and local level, policy makers have begun drafting a range of policies to fight a war against fat, including body-mass index (BMI) report cards, “snack taxes,” and laws to control how fast food companies market to children. As an epidemic, obesity threatens to weaken the health, economy, and might of the most powerful nation in the world. In Killer Fat, Natalie Boero examines how and why obesity emerged as a major public health concern and national obsession in recent years. Using primary sources and in-depth interviews, Boero enters the world of bariatric surgeries, Weight Watchers, and Overeaters Anonymous to show how common expectations of what bodies are supposed to look like help to determine what sorts of interventions and policies are considered urgent in containing this new kind of disease. Boero argues that obesity, like the traditional epidemics of biological contagion and mass death, now incites panic, a doomsday scenario that must be confronted in a struggle for social stability. The “war” on obesity, she concludes, is a form of social control. Killer Fat ultimately offers an alternate framing of the nation’s obesity problem based on the insights of the “Health at Every Size” movement.
Book Synopsis Faith and the Pursuit of Health by : Jessica Hardin
Download or read book Faith and the Pursuit of Health written by Jessica Hardin and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faith and the Pursuit of Health explores how Pentecostal Christians manage chronic illness in ways that sheds light on health disparities and social suffering in Samoa, a place where rates of obesity and related cardiometabolic disorders have reached population-wide levels. Pentecostals grapple with how to maintain the health of their congregants in an environment that fosters cardiometabolic disorders. They find ways to manage these forms of sickness and inequality through their churches and the friendships developed within these institutions. Examining how Pentecostal Christianity provides many Samoans with tools to manage day-to-day issues around health and sickness, Jessica Hardin argues for understanding the synergies between how Christianity and biomedicine practice chronicity.
Book Synopsis Bringing the Gospel Home by : Randy Newman
Download or read book Bringing the Gospel Home written by Randy Newman and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharing the gospel with a family member can be an exciting experience—and often a long, painful, and confrontational one. Randy Newman recognizes it can be more difficult and frustrating to witness to a family member than to nearly anyone else. In Bringing the Gospel Home, he delivers practical, holistic strategies to help average Christians engage family members and others on topics of faith. A messianic Jew who has led several family members to Christ, Newman urges Christians to look to the Bible before they evangelize. He writes, "a richer understanding of biblical truth, I have found, can provide a firmer foundation for bold witness and clear communication." After a brief introduction on the nature of family, he delves into discussions of grace, truth, love, humility, and time. He also addresses issues related to eternity and end-of-life conversations. Bringing the Gospel Home will help any Christian as he seeks to guide loved ones into God's family.
Book Synopsis International Journal of Religious Education by :
Download or read book International Journal of Religious Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Healthy by Design: Weight Loss, God's Way by : Cathy Morenzie
Download or read book Healthy by Design: Weight Loss, God's Way written by Cathy Morenzie and published by Guiding Light Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *NEW 5th Edition* - See below for list of changes Discover an all-new weight loss approach with simple, easy-to-follow, daily readings and activities inside this 21-day devotional bible study. Uncover the patterns that have kept you overwhelmed and overweight, plus how to break those strongholds. End your cravings along with any guilt and shame cycles by applying powerful biblical truths to set you free for life! Tens of thousands like you have ended a lifetime of frustration with over-eating, binges and cravings that felt impossible to overcome before, but with God all things are possible. (Matthew 19:26) The truth is God loves you, wants you free and not held captive by your cravings, emotions or appetite. Nor were you intended to deal with life's struggles on your own - including your weight loss struggle. Experience joy, peace and freedom as you embrace weight loss, God's way. * Lose Weight Permanently * Deepen Your Faith * Conquer feelings of Defeat, Despair and Doubt This 21 day daily devotional teaches you essential spiritual truths about your weight loss journey in simple, easy to digest, daily readings and exercises. This is not a how-to book, but instead shows you the patterns that have kept you in bondage, and the biblical truths that will set you free. Shifting your perspective and focus so weight loss comes naturally from a place of self-love and Godly devotion instead of endless diets and will-power that lead to despair and self-loathing. Stop fighting the battle your way, and learn to lose weight, God's way. Winner: Reader's Choice Award 2015 in Health & Wellness - Christian Literary Awards What's new in the 5th Edition?: - Revised, updated and expanded Introduction - New 'Additional Study' section in daily devotions - New 'Leader's Guide' for bible study groups - Re-editted What people are saying about Weight Loss, God's Way “This is an amazing devotional! I just finished the 21 day plan and I’ve already lost 12 pounds. This is not a diet, it’s a lifestyle! I learned so much about God’s plan for my health and well being. It really caused me to re-think how I looked at what I was putting in my body.”—Angela Richardson “I have been battling [my weight problems] or accepting them for 30+ years. I have yo-yoed with one diet or gimmick after another. Nothing has helped me to keep the weight off. The Lord led me to ‘Weight Loss, God’s Way’ and one year to the day I have lost 97 pounds. My God is ever faithful in convicting my heart to rebuild my body, mind and soul into the vessel He created me to be.” —Marilyn Wehrli About the Author Cathy Morenzie is an award winning author, Christian weight loss coach, and international speaker, has been a leader in the health & wellness industry for over 30 years. This disciplined, faith-filled, personal trainer struggled with emotional eating, self-doubt and low self-esteem but once she discovered the answers laid in faith, not food it began a quest to learn and share God's truth in matters of your health, weight, and self-esteem. Now, she shares how you can change just about everything in your life because she knows what it's like to feel stuck. Let her guide you along the Lord’s path to break free with a new mind & body in Christ! Learn more about Canada's #1 Christian Weight Loss expert at cathymorenzie.com Other Books by Healthy by Design 21 Day Meal Plan: A Christian Woman's Guide to Stop Craving Carbs and Lose Weight Reflections of God's Love: A Christian Weight Loss Devotional Receiving God's Love
Book Synopsis Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by : Rhoda Janzen
Download or read book Mennonite in a Little Black Dress written by Rhoda Janzen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spirit of Anne Lamott and Nora Ephron comes Janze's hilarious and moving memoir about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisis.
Book Synopsis The Treasury; a Magazine of Religious and Current Thought for Pastor and People by :
Download or read book The Treasury; a Magazine of Religious and Current Thought for Pastor and People written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
