The Body in Religion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

by Yudit Kornberg Greenberg

The Body in Religion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives surveys influential ways in which the body is imagined and deployed in religious practices and beliefs across the globe. Filling the gap for an up-to-date and comparative approach to theories and practices of the body in religion, this book explores the cultural influences on embodiment and their implications for religious institutions and spirituality. Examples are drawn from religions such...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472595041
• ISBN13: 9781472595041
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"