Faith Born of Seduction : : Sexual Trauma, Body Image, and Religion / / Jennifer L Manlowe.
How do survivors of sexual and domestic violence relate to religion and to a higher power? What are the social and religious contexts that sustain and encourage eating disorders in women? How do these issues intersect? The relationship between Christian religious discourse, incest, and eating disord...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1995] ©1995 |
| Year of Publication: | 1995 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Who Are We?
- 2. A Horror beyond Tears: Reflections on a History of Abuse
- 3. A Pyrrhic Victory: Contemplating the Physical Cost of Surviving
- 4. Disenchanting Faith and the Female Body: Deconstructing Misogynous Themes in Christian Discourse
- 5. A Thinly Veiled Skein: Exploring Troublesome Connections among Incest, Eating Disorders, and Religious Discourse
- 6. Self-Help or Self-Harm? Analyzing the "Politics" of Twelve-Step Groups for Recovery
- 7. Summary of Key Findings
- Appendix A. Sample Questionnaire (Voices)
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index