Do you know of any doctrinally sound resources for dealing with eating disorders in a biblical way?
This is not my area of expertise, so I asked a theologically solid friend who is a certified biblical counselor, and who was gracious enough to point me in the right direction. I have not personally read any of these resources. As with any Christian resource, read discerningly, compare everything to Scripture, and reject anything that doesn’t line up with God’s word.
Eating Disorders:
The Quest for Thinness
by Ed Welch
Love to Eat, Hate to Eat:
Breaking the Bondage of Destructive Eating Habits
by Elyse Fitzpatrick*
Women Helping Women:
A Biblical Guide to Major Issues Women Face
Edited by Elyse Fitzpatrick* and Carol Cornish
This is a topical discipleship book which covers a
wide variety of issues including eating disorders.
Biblical Counseling Coalition has several resources on eating disorders.
(You may also wish to use their search bar for more specific terms,
such as “anorexia,” “bulimia,” etc.)
Christian Counseling and Education Foundation
has several resources on eating disorders.
(You may also wish to use their search bar for more specific terms,
such as “anorexia,” “bulimia,” etc.)
*I am recommending only these two resources from Elyse Fitzpatrick, and no others. Concerns have come to light about her theological trajectory in recent years (which I will address in another article). These are two of her older books.
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