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- Fat and Faithful: Learning to Love Our Bodies, Our Neighbors, and Ourselves
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. xi-xxiv
- Made in the Image of God
- pp. 1-16
- The Body of Christ
- pp. 17-36
- Thinness Is Not Next to Godliness
- pp. 37-60
- Comparing Fatness and Gluttony
- pp. 61-78
- Honoring the Temple
- pp. 79-98
- But What about Your Health?
- pp. 99-128
- Diet Devotionals
- pp. 129-152
- Fat Girls and Righteous Foxes
- pp. 153-180
- The Church That Eats Together Stays Together
- pp. 181-202
- Live a Fat-Positive Life
- pp. 203-214
- Be a Fat-Positive Community
- pp. 215-228
- Appendix: Resources for a Fat-Positive Life
- pp. 231-241
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 242-247
Additional Information
ISBN
9781506448282
Related ISBN(s)
9781506425221
MARC Record
OCLC
1043841982
Pages
246
Launched on MUSE
2018-07-23
Language
English
Open Access
No