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For tonight’s teleconference we are thrilled to welcome Michelle Lelwica, author of the Gurze Books instant classic “The Religion of Thinness: Satisfying the Spiritual Hungers Behind Women's Obsession with Food and Weight” and associate Professor in the Religion Department at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Michelle received both her masters and her doctoral degrees from Harvard Divinity School. She has been writing, researching, and teaching courses in the area of religion, gender, culture, and embodiment for the past 20 years. She is also the author of "Starving For Salvation: The Spiritual Dimensions of Eating Problems among American Girls and Women". As an eating disorders survivor herself, Michelle has some powerful words to share about the role of spirituality in the recovery process. As a survivor, today Michelle is motivated by the dream of creating a world in which the bodies and spirits of all people—and all beings—are loved, nurtured, and respected not in spite of but because of their marvelous diversity. You can learn more about Michelle’s work and her words at www.religionofthinness.com

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