The Body In Religion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Machine generated contents note: -- Preface and Introduction -- 1. The Body in Creation Myths -- 2. Representation of the Divine in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Sacred Texts -- 3. Celebrating the Body in Religious Ritual -- 4. Notions of Purity in Biblical and Indigenous Traditions -- 5. Body Modifications -- 6. Marriage, Sexuality, and Modesty -- 7. Asceticism in Christianity and Jainism -- 8. Food: Laws and Practices -- 9. Erotic Desire and Divine Love in Religious Poetry -- 10. Death and the Afterlife -- 11. Asian Traditions and Views of Harmony, Health and Healing -- 12. Contemporary Issues in Body and Religion

• | Author: Yudit Kornberg Greenberg
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: Dec 14, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Religion
• | ISBN-10: 1472595041
• | ISBN-13: 9781472595041