Mellor, Philip. Sociology of the sacred: religion, embodiment and social change/ Philip Mellor and Chris Shilling. - Los Angeles: Sage, 2014. - 202 p. ; 25 cm. - (Theory, culture & society) . 1 Introduction 2 Modalities of the sacred 3 Other-worldly and this-worldly intoxication 4 The bio-medicalization of pain 5 The aestheticization of charisma 6 The materilization of eroticism 7 Instauring the religious habitus 8 Conclusion. ISBN: 9781446272237 Subjects--Topical Terms: Religion and sociology Dewey Class. No.: 306.6 / MEL/S