Religions constrain the bodies of their members through dress. In many cases, dress immediately identifies a member of the community to the outside world and se

This book aims to highlight the distinctive and unfamiliar ways in which diverse religious traditions understand the 'body', and also, in doing this, to raise t

Religions constrain the bodies of their members through dress. In many cases, dress immediately identifies a member of the community to the outside world and se

Insights from anthropology, religious studies, biblical studies, sociology, classics, and Jewish studies are here combined to provide a cutting-edge guide to dr

The Body in Religion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives surveys influential ways in which the body is imagined and deployed in religious practices and beliefs across