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Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi: Orientalism and the Mystical Marketplace
Written by Sophia Rose Arjana
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Examine the appropriation and sale of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam as “new age†and “spiritual†in the West and how the commodification of religion impacts people’s lives.
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Sophia Rose Arjana
Sophia Rose Arjana is an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Western Kentucky University. Her previous books include Pilgrimage in Islam and Muslims in the Western Imagination, which was a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Year. She currently resides in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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