The Fat Jesus: Feminist Explorations in Fleshy Christologies

This paper takes issue with the Slim for Him programmes which suggest that Christianity has no place for the fleshy, indeed that the devil lurks in ample bodies. It investigates the way in which women have suffered a reducing rhetoric which has had its genesis in certain kinds of theology but has ex...

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Main Author: Isherwood, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2010
In: Feminist theology
Year: 2010, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-35
Further subjects:B Slim For Him
B body theology
B anorexia
B Christology
B capitalism and bodies of women
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Summary:This paper takes issue with the Slim for Him programmes which suggest that Christianity has no place for the fleshy, indeed that the devil lurks in ample bodies. It investigates the way in which women have suffered a reducing rhetoric which has had its genesis in certain kinds of theology but has exacted a great price on the flesh of women. The paper therefore offers a fleshy Christology as a counter rhetoric in the hope that women may once again dance in their skins and offer another set of values on their broad hips.
ISSN:1745-5189
Contains:Enthalten in: Feminist theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0966735010372166