Dr Lesa Scholl, FRHistS, is an honorary fellow in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. Her previous publications include: Food Restraint and Fasting in Victorian Religion and Literature; Hunger, Poetry and the Oxford Movement; Medicine, Health and Being Human; and Hunger Movements in Early Victorian Literature.

A timely, clear, and enjoyable insight into the interweaving contributions of medicine and theology on ideas of dietary and general health. Wide-ranging and perceptive, this book shows us the historical foundations of the modern obsession with diet and wellness.

• Introduction: Healthy Bodies, Healthy Souls1: Revolutionary Uprising, Industrialisation, and Nutritional Change2: Anglican Revivals, Natural Theology, and the Physical Sciences3: Well-Being, the Social Soul, and the Rise of Public Health4: Eco-Theology and Ethical Eating5: Returning to Fragments: Modernism, Decadence, and DiseaseConclusion: Moral and Physical DiscomfortBibliographyIndex

Dr Lesa Scholl, FRHistS, is an honorary fellow in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. Her previous publications include: Food Restraint and Fasting in Victorian Religion and Literature; Hunger, Poetry and the Oxford Movement; Medicine, Health and Being Human; and Hunger Movements in Early Victorian Literature.

A timely, clear, and enjoyable insight into the interweaving contributions of medicine and theology on ideas of dietary and general health. Wide-ranging and perceptive, this book shows us the historical foundations of the modern obsession with diet and wellness.

• Introduction: Healthy Bodies, Healthy Souls1: Revolutionary Uprising, Industrialisation, and Nutritional Change2: Anglican Revivals, Natural Theology, and the Physical Sciences3: Well-Being, the Social Soul, and the Rise of Public Health4: Eco-Theology and Ethical Eating5: Returning to Fragments: Modernism, Decadence, and DiseaseConclusion: Moral and Physical DiscomfortBibliographyIndex

Dr Lesa Scholl, FRHistS, is an honorary fellow in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. Her previous publications include: Food Restraint and Fasting in Victorian Religion and Literature; Hunger, Poetry and the Oxford Movement; Medicine, Health and Being Human; and Hunger Movements in Early Victorian Literature.

A timely, clear, and enjoyable insight into the interweaving contributions of medicine and theology on ideas of dietary and general health. Wide-ranging and perceptive, this book shows us the historical foundations of the modern obsession with diet and wellness.

• Introduction: Healthy Bodies, Healthy Souls1: Revolutionary Uprising, Industrialisation, and Nutritional Change2: Anglican Revivals, Natural Theology, and the Physical Sciences3: Well-Being, the Social Soul, and the Rise of Public Health4: Eco-Theology and Ethical Eating5: Returning to Fragments: Modernism, Decadence, and DiseaseConclusion: Moral and Physical DiscomfortBibliographyIndex