Guidelines for Teachers

Religions and the Body – Table of Contents

  • 1
    Why and how to study the body. Methodological Introduction

     

    Source 1: Masai woman painting her face (image)
    Source 2: Pocahontas portrait (image)

  • 2
    Body in Hinduism

    Source 1: Bhagavad-Gita 14, ff 4-12 (text)
    Source 2: Upanayana: The Sacred Thread (text)
    Source 3: Baratanaty dance (video)

  • 3
    Body in Hebraism

    Source 1: Leviticus 11, 44-45; Leviticus 19,1- 2 (text)
    Source 2: Modern orthodox bath Mikvah (image)
    Source 3: Record of a circumcision ceremony in US nowadays (text)

  • 4
    Body in Buddhism

    Source 1: Photo of a tonsure in South Korea (image)
    Source 2: Discourse on Noble Eightfold Path (text)
    Source 3 : Photo of Pu-tai statue (image)
    Source 4 : Letter. Thich Nhat Nanh. "In Search of the Enemy of Man (addressed to (the Rev.) Martin Luther King)." (text)

  • 5
    Body in Christianity

    Source 1: Extract from Catholic catechism. "BODY AND SOUL BUT TRULY ONE" (text)
    Source 2: Orthodox baptism (image)
    Source 3: Episcopal Eucharist in New York. (image)

  • 6
    Body in Islam

    Source 1: First Chapter of Quran: Al-Fātiḥah (The Opening). (text and audio)
    Source 2: Postures of Salat (image)
    Source 3: Muslim veil’s forms (image)
    Source 4: Razanne doll (image)
    Source 5: Poem “The veil is my body” (text)