Ep120. Feminist Theology and Contemporary Dieting Culture, Hannah Bacon

I sat down with Hannah Bacon to talk about sin, salvation, and women's weight loss narratives. I ask Hannah what drew her to this project and why there are seemingly so few theological works concerning weight/weight loss. We also discuss her focus on the theological doctrinal loci of sin and salvation and how are these shaping/resurfacing contemporary weight-loss narratives. We end by discussing what it might look like for salvation to be performed and Hannah's particular rendering of 'sensible eating'.

Note: there's a weird moment in the video about 22 minutes in when I needed to talk to my kid and hit mute instead of pause and pause instead of mute but its all of three seconds so I couldn't be bothered editing around it :)

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Hannah Bacon is Professor of Feminist and Contextual Theology at the University of Chester, UK.

 

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