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. "An unusually coherent anthology designed to remedy the `lack of a standard study of the `body' and the major religions.'" Ann Grodzins Gold, Religious Studies Review "This extremely useful volume seeks to clarify the methodological issues in the study of the body and to provide an overview of attitudes toward the body in a number of religious traditions." Amy Hollywood, Church History "This cultural and theoretical back drop is relevant to scholars interested in exceptional human experiences because they seem to be embodied experiences of transcending the body by hinting at a larger body of which we are all members." Exceptional Human Experience A rich source for comparative studies of the 'body', and of its relation to society. Used Book in Good Condition