Amyjo Mattheis

Religion Made Me Fat: God, Sex, Church, Money; an Ordained Woman's Experience of It All Amyjo Mattheis

Through real life stories, AmyJo Mattheis narrates her upbringing in the church and how she became an ordained minister with questions. Questions about God, fun, sex, money, flirting and more, all come up in a life well lived within the visions and expectations of the Christian church. Can an ordained woman wear red lipstick? Is sexuality dirty? Are women the source of sin? Should pastors not want things? Does everyone really burn in hell who doesn?t know Jesus? Religion Made Me Fat chronicles the evolution of Mattheis' understanding of the man Jesus and what his teachings mean to men and women, atheists and others who believe a different way. Through her experiences as a pastor's kid in California, working in West Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer, her time as an intern pastor in Jerusalem and an ordained minister in the United States, Mattheis challenges us to take seriously the role Christianity plays in our intimate and collective lives. What does Religion Made Me Fat mean anyway?