| Religion and the Body Contributor(s): Coakley, Sarah (Editor), Clayton, John (Editor), Collins, Steven (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521366690 ISBN-13: 9780521366694 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1997 Annotation: This will be the standard study on the "body" in relation to the major religions. It highlights the distinctive and unfamiliar ways in which diverse religious traditions understand the "body" and notes the assumptions and problems of contemporary attitudes to it. Religion and the Body brings together essays by established experts in the history of religion, the social sciences and philosophy. The result is a rich source for comparative studies of the "body," its relation to society and to the divine. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion |
| Dewey: 291.22 |
| LCCN: 96006474 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.45 lbs) 332 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This will be the standard study on the body in relation to the major religions. It highlights the distinctive and unfamiliar ways in which diverse religious traditions understand the body and notes the assumptions and problems of contemporary attitudes to it. Religion and the Body brings together essays by established experts in the history of religion, the social sciences and philosophy. The result is a rich source for comparative studies of the body, its relation to society and to the divine. |