Background
There is no information, where and when Michelle Mary Lelwica was born.
College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota, United States
In 1986 Michelle Mary Lelwica received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of St. Benedict.
(In Starving for Salvation, Michelle Lelwica challenges tr...)
In Starving for Salvation, 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 previously published 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.
https://www.amazon.com/Starving-Salvation-Spiritual-Dimensions-Problems-ebook/dp/B000TTRUQO/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Starving+for+Salvation%3A+The+Spiritual+Dimensions+of+Eating+Problems+among+American+Girls+and+Women&qid=1580379146&s=books&sr=1-1
1999
(With so many women approaching their diets, body image, a...)
With so many women approaching their diets, body image, and pursuit of a slender figure with slavish devotion, The Religion of Thinness is a timely addition to the discussion of our cultural obsession with weight loss. At the heart of this obsession is the belief that in order to be happy, one must be slim, and the attendant myths, rituals, images, and moral codes can leave some women with severe emotional damage. Idealized images in the media inspire devotees of this "religion" to experience guilt for behaviors that are biologically normal and necessary, and Lelwica offers two ways to combat this dangerous cultural message. Advising readers to look hard at the societal cues that cause them to obsess about their weight, and to remain mindful about their actions and needs, this book will not only help stop the cycle of guilt and shame associated with food, it will help readers to grow and accept their bodies as they are.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003JTHBXI/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0
2010
(Shameful Bodies: Religion and the Culture of Physical Imp...)
Shameful Bodies: Religion and the Culture of Physical Improvement explores these questions by examining how traditional religious narratives and modern philosophical assumptions come together in the construction and pursuit of a better body in contemporary western societies. Drawing on examples from popular culture such as self-help books, magazines, and advertisements, Michelle Mary Lelwica shows how these narratives and assumptions encourage us to go to war against our bodies-to fight fat, triumph over disability, conquer chronic pain and illness, and defy aging. Through an ethic of conquest and conformity, the culture of physical improvement trains us not only to believe that all bodily processes are under our control, but to feel ashamed about those parts of our flesh that refuse to comply with the cultural ideal. Lelwica argues that such shame is not a natural response to being fat, physically impaired, chronically sick, or old. Rather, body shame is a religiously and culturally conditioned reaction to a commercially-fabricated fantasy of physical perfection.
https://www.amazon.com/Shameful-Bodies-Michelle-Mary-Lelwica/dp/1472594932/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1580379614&refinements=p_27%3AMichelle+Mary+Lelwica&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Michelle+Mary+Lelwica
2017
There is no information, where and when Michelle Mary Lelwica was born.
In 1986 Michelle Mary Lelwica received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of St. Benedict. In 1989 she obtained a Master of Theological Studies degree from Harvard Divinity School, and a Doctor of Theology degree in 1996.
From 1991 to 1996 Michelle Mary Lelwica was a teaching fellow at Harvard University and Harvard Divinity School. From 1995 to 1996 she was a tutorial instructor at Harvard University. From 1996 to 2001 Lelwica was an assistant professor at the Saint Mary's College of California. In 2001 Lelwica was appointed a professor at Corcodia University.
She has published Starving for Salvation: The Spiritual Dimensions of Eating Problems among American Girls and Women (1999), The Religion of Thinness: Satisfying the Spiritual Hungers beneath Women’s Obsession with Food and Weight (2010), Shameful Bodies: Religion and the Culture of Physical Improvement (2017).
(Shameful Bodies: Religion and the Culture of Physical Imp...)
2017(With so many women approaching their diets, body image, a...)
2010(In Starving for Salvation, Michelle Lelwica challenges tr...)
1999Michelle Mary Lelwica is married Bobby Angotti, an aikido teacher and acupuncturist. They have a son, Anthony Thaddeus.