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Title Encounters of body and soul in contemporary religious practices : anthropological reflections / [edited by] Anna Fedele, Ruy Llera Blanes
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 212 pages)
Series EASA series ; 16
EASA series ; v. 16.
Contents Bodies and souls in Catholic settings -- Corporeality, belief and human mobility -- New spiritualities challenging the body/soul divide
Summary There is a welcome international feel about the venture - indeed the contributorscould hardly represent a broader range of European nationalities. Furthermore, I amimpressed with both the relevance and diversity of the chapters. Peter Collins, Durham University. This is an interesting and timely volume, addressing an important contemporarychallenge for the anthropology of religion ... The chapters ... are ethnographicallysolid, and are tied nicely into the overall critique of the separation of body and soul. Jon Mitchell, University of Sussex. Social scientists and philosophers confronted wi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Human body -- Religious aspects.
RELIGION -- Faith.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Human body -- Religious aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Fedele, Anna
Blanes, Ruy Llera, 1976-
LC no. 2011000408
ISBN 9780857452085
0857452088