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Selling spirituality : the silent takeover of religion / Jeremy Carrette and Richard King.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 194 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0203494873
  • 9780203494875
  • 0203572831
  • 9780203572832
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Selling spirituality.DDC classification:
  • 204 22
LOC classification:
  • BL624 .C3475 2005eb
Other classification:
  • 11.05
  • BE 9000
  • BS 8000
  • BM 8240
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Introduction : spirituality and the rebranding of religion -- 1. A brief history of spirituality -- 2. Western psychology and the politics of spirituality -- 3. Spirituality and the privatisation of Asian wisdom traditions -- 4. Selling the soul : the business of spirituality -- Conclusion : spirituality and resistance : challenging the corporate takeover -- References -- Index.
Summary: Selling Spirituality shows how spirituality today functions as a powerful commodity in the global marketplace, promising to soothe away the ills of modern life whilst functioning as a silent form of economic, cultural and political restraint.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction : spirituality and the rebranding of religion -- 1. A brief history of spirituality -- 2. Western psychology and the politics of spirituality -- 3. Spirituality and the privatisation of Asian wisdom traditions -- 4. Selling the soul : the business of spirituality -- Conclusion : spirituality and resistance : challenging the corporate takeover -- References -- Index.

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Selling Spirituality shows how spirituality today functions as a powerful commodity in the global marketplace, promising to soothe away the ills of modern life whilst functioning as a silent form of economic, cultural and political restraint.

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