{"product_id":"encounters-of-body-and-soul-in-contemporary-religious-practices-anthropological-reflections-16-easa-series-16-9780857452078","title":"Encounters of Body and Soul in Contemporary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSocial 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe introduction offers a substantial account of recent theory that corrects the ‘dichotomised heritage’ of thinking about body and soul in anthropology...The volume as a whole offers a worthwhile contribution to the growing literature on corporealised religion in the contemporary world. It will be of interest to anthropologists writing on Christianity and the body and on religion and migration, as well as to readers with an interest in the study of religion outside anthropology.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSocial Anthropology\/Anthropologie sociale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“[This volume] assembles some fascinating new examples of embodiment of culture, indicating the potential for this paradigm in religion and beyond [that has been lost for centuries]by denigrating and ignoring the body as a serious and intelligent locus of human experience and knowledge.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthropology Review Database\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThere is a welcome international feel about the venture—indeed the contributors could hardly represent a broader range of European nationalities. Furthermore, I am impressed with both the relevance and diversity of the papers listed\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Collins\u003c\/strong\u003e, Durham University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis is an interesting and timely volume, addressing an important contemporary challenge for the anthropology of religion… The chapters…are ethnographically solid, and are tied nicely into the overall critique of the separation of body and soul.\u003c\/em\u003e”  ·  \u003cstrong\u003eJon Mitchell\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Sussex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnna Fedele\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRuy Llera Blanes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: BODIES AND SOULS IN CATHOLIC SETTINGS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003e“I want to feel the Camino in my legs”: trajectories of walking on the Camino de Santiago\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKeith Egan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eHolding the saint in one’s arms. Miracles and exchange in Apiao, southern Chile\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGiovanna Bacchiddu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eEmbodying devotion, embodying passion. The Italian tradition of ‘La Festa dei Gigli’ in Nola\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKatia Ballacchino\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: CORPOREALITY, BELIEF AND HUMAN MOBILITY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Body and the World: Missionary Performances and the Experience of the World in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJoão Rickli\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e “How to deal with the Dutch”: the local and the global in the habitus of the saved soul\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKim Knibbe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eIs witchcraft embodied?  Representations of the body in talimbi witchcraft\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAleksandra Cimpric\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: NEW SPIRITUALITIES CHALLENGING THE BODY\/SOUL DIVIDE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eWhen \u003cem\u003eSoma\u003c\/em\u003e Encounters the Spiritual: Bodily Praxes of Performed Religiosity in Contemporary Greece\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEugenia Roussou\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eRe-enchanted Bodies: The Significance of the Spiritual Dimension in Danish Healing Rituals\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnn Ostenfeld-Rosenthal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe struggle for sovereignty: the interpretation of bodily experiences in anthropology and among mediumistic healers in Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEhler Voss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eTransforming musical soul into bodily practice: Tone eurythmy, anthroposophy and underlying structures\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAndrew Spiegel\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSilke Sponheuer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tSubject Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038905565527,"sku":"9780857452078","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857452078.jpg?v=1750941889","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/encounters-of-body-and-soul-in-contemporary-religious-practices-anthropological-reflections-16-easa-series-16-9780857452078","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}