Devotional Fitness

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This book examines evangelical dieting and fitness programs and provides a systematic approach of this diverse field with its wide variety of programs. When evangelical Christians engage in fitness and dieting classes in order to “glorify God,” they often face skepticism. This book approaches devotional fitness culture in North America from a religious studies perspective, outlining the basic structures, ideas, and practices of the field. Starting with the historical backgrounds of this current, the book approaches both practice and ideology, highlighting how devotional fitness programs construe their identity in the face of various competing offers in religious and non-religious sectors of society. The book suggests a nuanced and complex understanding of the relationship between sports and religion, beyond ‘simple’ functional equivalency. It provides insights into the formation of secular and religious body ideals and the way these body ideals are sacralized in the frame of an evangelical worldview.
 
Provides a systematic approach of the field, suggesting an overarching analytic pattern for the variety of programs Invokes the potential of embodiment paradigms and somatic approaches in cultural and religious studies Is the only one on devotional fitness based on active participation in evangelical fitness classes

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Martin Radermacher

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Christian body image North American fitness culture body and religion devotional fitness discourse and embodiment evangelical body image evangelical dieting evangelicalism in the United States evangelicals and popular culture spirituality and fitness

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“This book, while about fitness, also explores the religious side of physical fitness and the role that religion plays in people exercising in their daily lives. … This book presents some interesting thoughts. I feel that the church should do different physical things to help reach out to their community and to improve the health and wellbeing of the church itself. This book will present me with some things to think about as I venture into full-time ministry.” (Justin Dilliplane, Resolved for Christ, resolvedfc.blogspot.de, February, 2018)
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