Religion and the Body (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521366694)

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.

Author: Sarah Coakley
ISBN-10: 0521366690
ISBN-13: 9780521366694
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/13/1997
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d