02639nam 2200601 a 450 991045772150332120200520144314.01-283-32645-097866133264540-85745-207-X(CKB)2550000000063277(EBL)795475(OCoLC)769188692(SSID)ssj0000536216(PQKBManifestationID)11371190(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536216(PQKBWorkID)10547028(PQKB)10975205(MiAaPQ)EBC795475(Au-PeEL)EBL795475(CaPaEBR)ebr10745020(CaONFJC)MIL332645(EXLCZ)99255000000006327720110126d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEncounters of body and soul in contemporary religious practices[electronic resource] anthropological reflections /edited by Anna Fedele and Ruy Llera BlanesNew York Berghahn Books20111 online resource (240 p.)EASA series ;16Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-208-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Bodies and souls in catholic settings -- pt. II. Corporeality, belief and human mobility -- pt. III. New spiritualities challenging the body/soul divide. Social scientists and philosophers confronted with religious phenomena have always been challenged to find a proper way to describe the spiritual experiences of the social group they were studying. The influence of the Cartesian dualism of body and mind (or soul) led to a distinction between non-material, spiritual experiences (i.e., related to the soul) and physical, mechanical experiences (i.e., related to the body). However, recent developments in medical science on the one hand and challenges to universalist conceptions of belief and spirituality on the other have resulted in "body" and "EASA series ;v. 16.Human bodyReligious aspectsElectronic books.Human bodyReligious aspects.202/.2Fedele Anna960938Blanes Ruy Llera1976-874688European Association of Social Anthropologists.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457721503321Encounters of body and soul in contemporary religious practices2451168UNINA