Embodying the sacred and profane: how temporal empires, narratives of salvation, and the prison regime value bodies in the United States

Although analyses of the 'sacred' and 'profane' tend to remain within the discipline of religious studies, categories of sacrality and profane-ness actively shape and label all bodies in the United States. Combining theories of the sacred and profane with formulations of race, ge...

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Main Author: Bloesch, Sarah J. (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2016]
In: Culture and religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 109-128
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / The Sacred / The Profane / Body / Categorization / Time / Salvation-history / Prison / History 1800-2000
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBQ North America
NBK Soteriology
NCB Personal ethics
NCF Sexual ethics
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