ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the meaning of embodiment, or the meaning of the body in relation to our understanding of sacramentality. It discusses bodiliness and sacramentality that emanates from the ambivalence and ambiguity that surrounds the way we deal with both the body and sacramentality. A renewed reflection on the meaning of religion, on religious sensibilities and on the point of reference regarding sacramentality, appears on the scene of theology and religious studies. Sacramentality presupposes a continuity between the natural and the supernatural. From a Christian perspective, sacramentality, embedded in creation, emphasises the human capability to recognise the sacred, to recognise God's presence in every aspect and dimension of life. In the course of history, body, nature, sexuality and women became icons of evil. The ambiguity with respect to the body, concerns, for the same reasons, the whole of creation. The chapter presents remarks on sexuality and the Catholic tradition.
