Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd (STH’04,’18) featured in Bostonia for her Work on ‘Fat Church’
The following is an excerpt from Bostonia’s article “New book by STH Lecturer, and Alum, Calls out Christianity for Stigmatizing Fat People” by Rich Barlow, featuring Director of Contextual Education Anastasia Kidd (STH’04,’18), published on September 22, 2023.
“If you care about systemic oppression, you need to start caring about fat people.”
Anastasia Kidd (STH’04,’18) issues that challenge in her newly published book, Fat Church: Claiming a Gospel of Fat Liberation (Pilgrim Press, 2023). Kidd, a minister in the United Church of Christ and a lecturer and director of contextual education at the BU School of Theology, declares war on popular notions about people who are fat, a word she embraces (and that Bostonia therefore uses in this interview).
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