Religious Reflections on the Human Body

Religious Reflections on the Human Body
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : 0253115442
ISBN-13 : 9780253115447
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Book Synopsis Religious Reflections on the Human Body by : Jane Marie Law

Download or read book Religious Reflections on the Human Body written by Jane Marie Law and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1995-02-22 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It provides imaginative and thought-provoking... coverage of the ways in which religious thought and practice construct understandings of the human body." -- Journal of Asian Studies "Drawing on a remarkably diverse set of studies discussing the major Western religious traditions (including Islam) and East and South Asian traditions, the book challenges easy theorization of 'the body in religion.'... an excellent source book for college-level comparative religion courses... " -- Bruce Mannheim, University of Michigan "... an important study that... should be of considerable interest to the general student of the history and phenomenology of religions." -- Muslim World Book Review The first cross-cultural and interdisciplinary survey on the relationship between religious practice and ideology and the human body.


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