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The authors explore how different forms of community are tied to how we experience our own bodies and "the sacred". Major themes include:
: Mellor and Shilling contrast "banal" modern bodies (focused on secular, rational control) with "grotesque" or "effervescent" bodies that seek solidarity through collective, emotional, and religious rituals.
The core text you are looking for is actually a highly influential book titled , published in 1997 by Philip A. Mellor and Chris Shilling .
