This article examines the roles of religion and spirituality in the etiology and treatment of eating disorders. After briefly reviewing the relevant research, we discuss the most common and significant religious and spiritual issues we have observed with LOS eating disorder patients including negative images or perceptions of God, feelings of spiritual unworthiness and shame, and fear of abandonment by God. We briefly describe process considerations for using spiritual interventions and conclude by describing seven spiritual interventions we have found especially useful in treating LOS eating disorder patients, including spiritual teachings, spiritual bibliotherapy, and prayer.

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