Encounters of body and soul in contemporary religious practices [[electronic resource] ] : anthropological reflections / / edited by Anna Fedele and Ruy Llera Blanes
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| Titolo: |
Encounters of body and soul in contemporary religious practices [[electronic resource] ] : anthropological reflections / / edited by Anna Fedele and Ruy Llera Blanes
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 202/.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human body - Religious aspects |
| Altri autori: |
FedeleAnna
BlanesRuy Llera <1976->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. I. Bodies and souls in catholic settings -- pt. II. Corporeality, belief and human mobility -- pt. III. New spiritualities challenging the body/soul divide. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 " |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Encounters of body and soul in contemporary religious practices |
| ISBN: | 1-283-32645-0 |
| 9786613326454 | |
| 0-85745-207-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781931203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
EASA series ; ; v. 16.