Book DescriptionThis book provides philosophical grounds for an emerging area of scholarship: the study of religion and dance In the first part, LaMothe investigates why scholars in religious studies have tended to overlook dance, or rhythmic bodily movement, in favor of textual expressions of religious life In close readings of Descartes, обьрн Kant, Schleiermacher, Hegel, and Kierkegaard, LaMothe traces this attitude to formative moments of the field in which philosophers relied upon the practice of writing to mediate between the study of "religion," on the one hand, and "theology," on the other In the second part, LaMothe revives the work of theologian, phenomenologist, and historian of religion Gerardus van der Leeuw for help in interpretinghow dancing can serve as a medium of religious experience and expression In so doing, LaMothe opens new perspectives on the role of bodily being in religious life, and on the place of theology in the study of religion.  Редактор:2005 г 288 стр ISBN 0823224031.