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www.abessono.org
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 My name is Anja Bessonoff. I am a Finnish theologian and writer.
My debut book Low fat -uskonto ('Low fat religion') was released
Contact me by e-mail: anja (at) abessono.org
Any feedback is appreciated!
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About me
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I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was a teenager. Before I was ready to write a book I had to learn some critical thinking in university and gather some life experience with relationships. I got interested in nutrition several years ago. Becoming a mother made me change my way of looking at things. After my son was born in 2007 I began to question many “facts”, for example dietary guidelines. I realized that I should follow my own intuition rather than believe everything that I was told.
I educated myself in the University of Helsinki. As a Master of Theology I am valid to be a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, but I haven’t been ordained. Just before graduation I got disappointed finding out that I wouldn’t get a job in my own field. Instead I got a strong vision of a book in which I would combine my academic expertise in religion with my personal interest in nutrition. I suggested my idea to the Rasalas publishing company, and they were interested. So I wrote the book.
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Low fat religion
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Low fat religion is a phenomenon in which a healthy diet and a healthy lifestyle have become a new religion in Western society. I think that all human beings are religious by nature. The traditional church institution is not in great favor anymore because of secularization. People need something else to fulfill their religious needs. So they begin to resort to ideologies that promise them earthly salvation. Maybe the most popular ideology of this kind is the one I call low fat religion.
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