Sociology of the Sacred :Religion, Embodiment and Social Change
Theory, culture & society
Includes bibliographical references )pages 166-192( and index
Philip A Mellor and Chris Shilling
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Introduction -- Modalities of the sacred -- Other-worldly and this-worldly intoxication -- The bio-medicalization of pain -- The aestheticization of charisma -- The materilization of eroticism -- Instauring the religious habitus -- Conclusion