Bodies in society
Subtitle: essays on Christianity in contemporary culture
By: Margaret R. Miles.
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781556354212
Subjects: Human body -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Christianity and culture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-227).
Table of contents: title: The pursuit of lifefulness: in search of a method; title: Revisioning an embodied Christianity; title: Violence against women in the historical Christian West and in North American secular culture: the visual and textual evidence; title: Textual harassment: desire and the female body; title: Celibacy as sexual orientation; title: Religion and food: the case of eating disorders; title: Voyeurism and visual images of violence; title: Religion and values in contemporary North American popular film; title: Film talk: an approach to moviegoing; title: Larry Flynt in real life; title: What you see is what you get: religion in prime time fiction television; title: Fashioning the self; title: Disney spirituality: an oxymoron?; title: Bonhoeffer (the film) and Bonhoeffer (the theologian); title: The passion for social justice and The passion of the Christ; title: Love in a culture of fear; title: Pilgrimage as metaphor in a nuclear age; title: Imitation of Christ: is it possible in the twentieth century?; title: Hermeneutics of generosity and suspicion: pluralism and theological education; title: Theory, theology, and Episcopal churchwomen; title: From the garden to the academy: blame, battle, or a better way? Exploring sex and power in the academy.