Introduction
Re-formed Bodies
Volatile Bodies, Sacred Communities
Sinful Bodies, Profane Associations
Janus-Faced Modernity
Ambivalent Bodies
Concluding Comments

Philip Mellor is Professor of Religion and Social Theory at University of Leeds. 

`It is difficult to qualify excitement and enthusiasm for this book.... For those studying and teaching on the body... the book is an essential text....' - Sociology of Health and Illness`...enriches the conceptual arsenal for interdisciplinary analysis of political, social and cultural change...' - The American Journal of Sociology