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This volume of the series "Key Concepts in Interreligious
Discourses" investigates the roots of the concept of "body" in
Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The Body and being a created being
stands in the focus of all the thre major monotheistic faiths. It
is not just by the christian idea of man's likeness to God that
indicates that the human body is a central object of religious
thinking, both culturally and theologically charged. Here, the body
stands in the crossfire of terms like "pure" and "unpure", "sacred"
and "profane", "male" and "femal". And besides the theological
controversies, everyday experiences like sexuality, gender equality
and how to dispose of the own body (and that of others) are
undoubtly recent and highly contentious discussion points in the
debate of a peaceful living together of different religions and
cultures. The volume presents the concept of "body" in its
different aspects as anchored in the traditions of Judaism,
Christianity and Islam. It unfolds commonalities and differences
between the three monotheistic religions as well as the manifold
discourses about peace within these three traditions. The book
offers fundamental knowledge about the specific understanding of
the body in each one of these traditions, their interdependencies
and their relationship to secular world views.
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