Selling spirituality
the silent takeover of religion
by Jeremy R. Carrette
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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, Jeremy Carrette and Richard King reveal the people and brands who profit from this corporate hijack, and explore how spirituality can be reclaimed as a means of resistance to capitalism and its deceptions.
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Consumption (Economics), Economic aspects, Economic aspects of Spiritual life, Moral and ethical aspects, Moral and ethical aspects of Neoliberalism, Neoliberalism, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Consumption (Economics), Spiritual life, Geistliches Leben, Spiritualiteit, Religionsphilosophie, Vie spirituelle, Internationalisatie, RELIGION, Christianity, General, Devotional, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT, Spirituality, Inspiration & Personal Growth, Religion - General, Philosophy & ReligionShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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2004, Routledge
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Selling Spirituality
2004, Taylor & Francis Inc, Routledge
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-188) and index.
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