ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION Volume 8: Pentecostals and the Body Forthcoming 2017 Edited by: Michael Wilkinson (Trinity Western University, Canada) and Peter Althouse (Southeastern University, USA) The body is an important area of research in sociology as well as across a number of disciplines including religion. The intersection of religion, sexuality, gender studies, queer studies, disability studies, health and illness, pain, death and dying, emotions, and embodiment, or more specifically the social and cultural meanings of the body are especially insightful. While literature on embodiment continues to expand, to date, there is no sustained examination of Pentecostalism and the themes associated with research on the body. And yet, Pentecostals offer some very interesting observations about religion, religious experience, religious embodiment, healing, sexuality and notions of control, holiness, and celebration. Pentecostals ar
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