Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1990
Abstract
The social sciences of religion could be transformed by taking seriously the fact that humans are embodied. A new conceptualization of a mindful body has the potential to lead to profound shifts in how we view our subjects and their worlds. Our research strategies need to take into account that believers (and nonbelievers) are not merely disembodied spirits, but that they experience a material world in and through their bodies. Greater awareness of the social and political uses of human bodies should guide our research and theory.
Identifier
10.2307/1386459
Publisher
Wiley
Repository Citation
McGuire, M. B. (1990). Religion and the body: Rematerializing the human body in the social sciences of religion. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 29(3), 283-296. doi: 10.2307/1386459
Publication Information
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion