5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025)

This working proposal aims to encourage discussion around the axes of corporeality, emotions, and contemporary religiosities. In recent years, the study of corporeality and emotions has generated various spaces for discussion in the field of sociology, revisiting and rethinking contributions from the classics. From the social sciences, there is a growing emphasis on their relevance in studies of various kinds, such as in the processes of health and illness, violence, migration, feminism, among others. In the case of religion or religiosities, while it has been present, it is now regaining strength as a cross-cutting axis of analysis. Therefore, on this occasion, we are interested in paying attention to the ways in which the body is expressed both individually and collectively, leading to the configuration of "emotional universes" (Calderón, 2014) that impact religious practices. We understand religious experience as primarily corporeal-affective. In that sense, the role of researchers is crucial in recording and analyzing this relationship. Hence, we are interested in reflecting on how we have recorded and analyzed this relationship; how we name, recognize, and distinguish those bodily and emotional experiences; how it appears in our study contexts; how the corporeal-emotional expression and significance of our collaborators interact with our theoretical framework; how we approach it methodologically; and even how we address the need for support when our bodies are affected.