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Simone Biles’s Critics Miss the Bigger Story of Bodily Abuse

Some see the Olympic gymnast as a self-serving athlete. But her withdrawal from competition is a model for how to honor rather than disdain our bodies.

Review

The Debate Beneath Our Debates on the Pandemic and the Protests

Our divided responses to national challenges reflect deep divisions on what it means to be human.

Review

Fitness Trackers, Dating Apps, and Other Ladders to Nowhere

Why secular substitutes for religion will always leave us exhausted and unhappy.

Feeling Loved by God Buffers Body Esteem in Men More Than Women

Two psychologists at Hope College respond to Christian young adults who struggle with body satisfaction.

How the Transgender Narrative Perpetuates Stereotypes

The church can offer hope to those who find it hard to love the body they’re in.

The Sweatiest Bible Class in America

Revelation Wellness puts Scripture at the center of its group fitness program.

Starving Myself Meant Losing Myself

For years, I looked at myself in mirrors only to see mirages.

News

This Is My Body: How Christian Theology Affects Body Image

Two studies examine the intersection of the Bible and body shaming.

I Saw Myself in ‘This Is Us’

The popular new dramedy puts viewers in the messy middle.

Our Bodies Are Imperfect Temples

God dwells in us whether we’re Olympian-level muscular or morbidly obese.

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