Selling Spirituality: The Silent Takeover of Religion

by Richard King, Jeremy Carrette, Jeremy R. Carrette, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415302099
• ISBN13: 9780415302098
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Why is religion so individualized?

Selling Spirituality has an academic tone and a Chomskian perspective, but the issues it deals with are so relevant to today's pop-spirituality. Very thought-provoking.