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Fighting 21st Century Fascism

Andrea R. Jain

Andrea R. Jain is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, and author of Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture (Oxford, 2014).

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Religious and Political Silence on India's LGBTQ Decision Speaks Volumes

The images of LGBTQ rights advocates celebrating in India—embracing one another, holding rainbow banners, and showered in confetti—appeared on September 6th throughout the global media. After almost a…
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To Fight White Supremacy We Must Resist Essentialism: The Author Responds

This piece is a response to Rumya Putcha’s criticism of the author’s original RD piece, “Fox News Controversy on Yoga and White Supremacy Reveals Problem of Yoga Discussion.”In February of this year…
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To Fight White Supremacy We Must Resist Essentialism: The Author Responds

I do not aspire to be a gatekeeper here. On the contrary, I think it is simply worth asking the question: how can we open the gate and connect with the public in a way that best achieves our shared goal of dismantling capitalist and white supremacist orthodoxies?
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