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Thomas Csordas is an American cultural and medical anthropologist whose work made embodiment a central analytic concept in the study of culture and experience. His research has examined charismatic Christianity, religious healing, language, and therapeutic practice, including ethnographic work with Catholic Charismatic communities; his writings connect lived bodily experience with symbols, social interaction, and systems of meaning.
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What does embodiment mean in Thomas Csordas's anthropology?
Csordas treats the lived body as a central way culture and experience are produced, not merely as an object studied by culture. His 1994 book Embodiment and Experience helped establish this approach as a major analytic theme.
What religious traditions did Thomas Csordas study?
His research examined charismatic Christianity, including charismatic Catholic healing and religious experience. The Sacred Self: A Cultural Phenomenology of Charismatic Healing was published in 1994.
How does Thomas Csordas connect anthropology with medicine?
His medical and psychological anthropology examines healing, language, therapeutic practice, and the experience of illness. His field research has included Charismatic Catholics, Navajo communities, and psychiatric patients in New Mexico.
Where has Thomas Csordas taught and worked?
He is a distinguished professor of anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. His academic work also includes global mental health and the study of religion, language, and culture.
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