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Presently, doctors and psychiatrists are professing their inability to develop theoretical approaches that lead to effective clinical methods to help women suffering from eating disorders. Michelle Lelwica puts forward a hypothesis that has both theoritical and clinical implications. She identifies eating disorders as a specifically religious problem and contends that it can be addressed with religious resources. She argues that the remnants of religious legacies that have historically effaced the diversity and complexity of women's spiritual yearnings and struggles are alive and well under the guise of a host of "secular" practices, pictures and promises. Until these legacies are recognized, contested, and changed, she predicts, many girls and women will continue to turn to the symbolic and ritual resources most readily available to them ―- food and their bodies ―- in a passionate but precarious quest for freedom and fulfilment.

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She is honest and open about her own experience of an eating disorder: her self-exposure and that of others is powerful and challenging. (The Heythrop Journal, vol. 42, no. 4)

argued with skill and sophistication ... takes a balanced approach ... articulates valuable, sometimes provocative, ideas (The Heythrop Journal, vol. 42, no. 4)

Lelwica ... has undoubtedly made a valuable contribution to thinking about eating disorders from a religio-cultural perspective. (The Heythrop Journal, vol. 42, no. 4)

A complex, challenging and rewarding read. (Sandra Collins, RRT, Vol.7, Iss.4, 9/00.)

The strength of Lelwica's approach is the way she draws [all these] threads together, identifies common themes and offers a strategy for an integrated, multidisciplinary approach ... a rich resource for a wide range of interested groups, and no only those concerned with eating disorders. (Sandra Collins, RRT, Vol.7, Iss.4, 9/00.)

this is a thorough and creative book. Lelwica engages critically with a number of different disciplines, and raises questions which reflect concerns in the wider field of mental health and scial justice, in America, the UK and Australia. (Sandra Collins, RRT, Vol.7, Iss.4, 9/00.)

I was impressed by Lelwica's disclosure of her own experience of bulminia as a young woman ... To my mind, this goes much farther than simply sharing experience. Given the level of stigma associated with eating problems and mental illness, it is a powerful statement of solidarity and reflects her view of the political dimensions of spirituality. (Sandra Collins, RRT, Vol.7, Iss.4, 9/00.)
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Michelle M. Lelwica grew up in rural Minnesota and earned her Doctorate of Theology at Harvard Divinity School. She is currently Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at St. Mary's College of California.

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  • PublisherOxford University Press
  • Publication date1999
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  • ISBN 13 9780195127430
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In recent years, eating disorders among American girls and women have become a subject of national concern. Conventional explanations of eating problems are usually framed in the language of psychology, medicine, feminism, or sociology. Although they differ in theory and approach, these interpretations are linked by one common assumption--that female preoccupation with food and body is an essentially secular phenomenon. In Starving forSalvation, Michelle Lelwica challenges traditional theories by introducing and exploring the spiritual dimensions of anorexia, bulimia, and related problems. Drawing on a range of sources that include previouslypublished interviews with sufferers of eating disorders, Lelwica claims that girls and women starve, binge, and purge their bodies as a means of coping with the pain and injustice of their daily lives. She provides an incisive analysis of contemporary American culture, arguing that our dominant social values and religious legacies produce feelings of emptiness and dissatisfaction in girls and women. Trapped in a society that ignores and denies their spiritual needs, girls andwomen construct a network of symbols, beliefs, and rituals around food and their bodies. Lelwica draws a parallel between the patriarchal legacy of Christianity, which associates women with sin and bodilycravings, and the cultural preference for a thin female body. According to Lelwica, these complimentary forces form a popular salvation myth that encourages girls and women to fixate on their bodies and engage in disordered eating patterns. While this myth provides a sense of meaning and purpose in the face of uncertainty and injustice, Lelwica demonstrates that such rigid and unhealthy devotion to the body only deepens the spiritual void that women long to fill. Although Lelwicapresents many disturbing facts about the origins of eating disorders, she also suggests positive ways that our society can nourish the creative and spiritual needs of girls and women. The first step,however, is to acknowledge that female preoccupation with thinness and food signifies a strong desire for fulfillment. Until we recognize and contest the religious legacies and cultural values that perpetuate eating disorders, many women will continue to turn to the most accessible symbolic and ritual resources available to them--food and their bodies--in an attempt to satiate their profound spiritual hunger. At present, doctors and psychiatrists are professing their inability to develop theoretical approaches that lead to effective clinical methods to help women suffering from eating disorders. Michelle Lelwica identifies eating disorders as a specifically religious problem and contends that it can be addressed with religious resources. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780195127430

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