Title The Spirituality of Anorexia : a Goddess Feminist Thealogy

Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (192 pages) Series Gender, Theology and Spirituality Ser Gender, Theology and Spirituality Ser Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Anorexia nervosa; 2 The female body as mediated by society; 3 The female body as a politically mediated form; 4 The female body as a historically mediated form; 5 The female body as a thealogically mediated form; Conclusion: the spirituality of anorexia; Bibliography; Index Summary Widely popularized images of unobtainable and damaging feminine ideals can be a cause of profound disjunction between women and their bodies. A consequence of this dissonance is an embodied performance of these ideals with the potential development of disordered eating practices, such as anorexia nervosa. This book develops a spirituality of anorexia by suggesting that these eating disorders are physical symptoms of the general repression of feminine nature in our culture. Furthermore, it puts forward Goddess feminism as a framework for a healing therapeutic model to address anorexia and more broadly, the "slender ideal" touted by society. Offering an alternative model of spirituality and embodiment for contemporary women, this book will be of keen interest to scholars of theology, religious studies, gender studies and psychology. The book focuses on the female body in contemporary society, specifically the development of anorexia nervosa, and what this expression communicates about female embodiment. Drawing upon the work of a variety of theorists, social commentators, liberation theologians and thealogians, it discusses the benefits of adopting female-focused myths, symbols and rituals, drawing upon the work of Marion Woodman and Naomi Goldenberg. Ultimately, it theorises a thealogical approach to anorexia aimed at displacing the damaging discourses that undermine women in the twenty-first century Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Anorexia nervosa -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Eating disorders -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Feminism -- Religious aspects. Anorexia. Anorexia nervosa. Body Eating Disorder Emma White Embodiment Feminism. Goddess Liberation theology. Marion Woodman Naomi Goldenberg Patriarchy. Spirituality. Thealogy Theology. The Spirituality Of Anorexia Anorexia Anorexia Nervosa Feminism Spirituality Theology feminism. theology. RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Liberation. PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Eating Disorders. Anorexia nervosa -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Anorexia Anorexia nervosa Eating disorders -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Feminism Feminism -- Religious aspects Liberation theology Patriarchy Spirituality Theology Form Electronic book ISBN 9781351103343 1351103342 9781351103350 1351103350

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