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Author Gerber, Lynne.

Title Seeking the straight and narrow : weight loss and sexual reorientation in evangelical America / Lynne Gerber.

Imprint Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  261.8 G313s 2011    ---  Available
Description x, 288 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: fat, gay, Christian -- Framing right and wrong -- Sin -- Health -- Making Christian bodies -- Change, in theory -- Change, in practice -- Accountings -- Success/failure -- Breaking -- Conclusion: judgment, religious and secular.
Subject Obesity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Evangelicalism -- Social aspects -- United States.
Weight loss -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
ISBN 9780226288123 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226288116 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226288110 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226288129 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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