LEADER 02919nam 22006853u 450 001 9910462588003321 005 20210107031455.0 010 $a1-134-41598-2 010 $a1-283-96173-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000326157 035 $a(EBL)182496 035 $a(OCoLC)475896079 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000309211 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12060854 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309211 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10286213 035 $a(PQKB)10821136 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182496 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000326157 100 $a20130418d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSelling Spirituality$b[electronic resource] $eThe Silent Takeover of Religion 210 $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-30208-0 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aFrom 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, 606 $aCapitalism 606 $aGlobalization 606 $aReligious aspects 606 $aSpiritual life 606 $aSpiritual life 606 $aReligion - General$2HILCC 606 $aReligion$2HILCC 606 $aPhilosophy & Religion$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aCapitalism. 615 4$aGlobalization. 615 4$aReligious aspects. 615 4$aSpiritual life. 615 0$aSpiritual life 615 7$aReligion - General 615 7$aReligion 615 7$aPhilosophy & Religion 676 $a201.73 676 $a204 700 $aCarrette$b Jeremy$0955269 701 $aKing$b Richard$0108858 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462588003321 996 $aSelling Spirituality$92160854 997 $aUNINA