Devotional Fitness: An Analysis of Contemporary Christian Dieting and Fitness Programs
In: Popular Culture, Religion and Society. A Social-Scientific Approach v.2
Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Part I: Theoretical and Methodological Background -- Chapter 2: State of Research on Devotional Fitness -- References -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Chapter 3: Goal, Theory, and Method -- 3.1 Goal and Basic Concepts -- 3.2 Theoretical Perspectives: Semiotics and Somatics -- 3.3 Method of Data Collection and Data Analysis -- References -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Part II: Body and Religion in Twentieth Century America: From New Thought to Bod4God -- Chapter 4: Shaping the Body Ideal -- 4.1 Prelude: New Thought and the Body -- 4.2 Body Ideals and Techniques of the Last Century -- 4.3 The Therapeutic Culture: Alcoholics Anonymous -- References -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Chapter 5: Evangelicals and the Body -- 5.1 US Evangelicalism: Historical and Conceptual Notes -- 5.2 Muscular Christianity and the YMCA -- 5.3 Devotional Fitness: Selected Programs Since the 1950s -- References -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Part III: Analysis of Empirical Data: Products, Narratives, and Theologies -- Chapter 6: Devotional Fitness as Discourse and Embodied Practice -- 6.1 Devotional Fitness as Economic Sector and 'Practical Product' -- 6.1.1 Operational and Organizational Structures -- 6.1.2 Needs of the Market and Target Groups -- 6.1.3 Effects, Application Range, Strategies, and Measures -- 6.2 Transformation: Embodied Conversion Narratives -- 6.3 Authority, Qualification, and Legitimacy -- 6.4 Body as Temple: Theologies of the Body -- 6.4.1 Body as Instrument and Index of Relationships -- 6.4.2 Healing Relationships for Physical and Spiritual Transformation -- References -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Chapter 7: Between Inclusion and Exclusion: Devotional Fitness in Its Environments