Seeking the straight and narrow
Subtitle: weight loss and sexual reorientation in evangelical America
By: Lynne Gerber
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780226288116; 9780226288123
Subjects: Evangelicalism; Homosexuality; Weight loss; Christianity
Description: "Losing weight and changing your sexual orientation are both notoriously difficult to do successfully. Yet many faithful evangelical Christians believe that thinness and heterosexuality are godly ideals - and that God will provide reliable paths toward them for those who fall short. Drawing on fieldwork in a popular Christian weight-loss program and in a network of ex-gay ministries, Lynne Gerber's Seeking the straight and narrow is a fascinating account of the world of evangelical efforts to alter our strongest bodily desires." -- Book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: fat, gay, Christian; title: Framing right and wrong; title: Sin; title: Health; title: Making Christian bodies; title: Change, in theory; title: Change, in practice; title: Accountings; title: Success/failure; title: Breaking; title: Conclusion: judgment, religious and secular.