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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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2016]
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| In: |
Culture and religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 109-128 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
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/ The Sacred
/ The Profane
/ Body
/ Categorization
/ Time
/ Salvation-history
/ Prison
/ History 1800-2000
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| RelBib 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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| Summary: | 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, gender and sexuality, I investigate the social de/valuation of specific bodies at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. During each period, three structural factors influence these categorisations: empires of hegemonic social time, dominant Christian narratives of salvation and the role of prison. A comparative analysis demonstrates both continuity and specificity in producing sacred and profane bodies. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-5610 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2016.1165270 |