Selling Spirituality : The Silent Takeover of Religion

Jeremy. Carrette
Bok · Engelsk · 2013 · Electronic books.

Utgitt	Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2013.
Omfang	1 online resource (209 p.)
Opplysninger	Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Selling Spirituality: The silent takeover of religion; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Spirituality and the Rebranding of Religion; One: A Brief History of Spirituality; Two: Western Psychology and the Politics of Spirituality; Three: Spirituality and the Privatisation of Asian Wisdom Traditions; Four: Selling the Soul: The business of spirituality; Conclusion: Spirituality and Resistance: Challenging the corporate takeover; References; Index. - From Feng Shui to holistic medicine, from aromatherapy candles to yoga weekends, spirituality is big business. It promises to soothe away the angst of modern living and to offer an antidote to shallow materialism.Selling Spirituality is a short, sharp, attack on this fallacy. It shows how spirituality has in fact become a powerful commodity in the global marketplace - a cultural addiction that reflects orthodox politics, curbs self-expression and colonizes Eastern beliefs.Exposing how spirituality has today come to embody the privatization of religion in the modern West,
Emner	Spiritual life Capitalism. Globalization. Religious aspects. Vis mer... Philosophy & Religion Religion - General Religion
Sjanger	Electronic books.
Dewey	201.73
ISBN	0-203-49487-3. - 0-203-60104-1. - 1-134-41597-4. - 1-134-41598-2. - 1-280-05422-0. - 1-283-96173-3. - 9786610054220