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How the Hijab Has Grown into a Fashion Industry

June 07, 2017 2 Comments

Faegheh Shirazi Nike, in fact, is not the first corporate brand to champion the hijab.

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Corporate Profit Through Buddhist Kitsch

September 24, 2015 1 Comment
McBuddha

Jolyon Baraka Thomas My wife and I stepped into a home furnishings store in Arcata, California, this past May. We weren’t necessarily looking to buy much, but with an upcoming move to Philadelphia we were checking out furniture styles and seeking decoration ideas for our new home. We were on vacation and needed a bit of a break between brunch and a hike, so a little idle consumerism seemed like an appropriate midday activity.

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Why I Still Love Disney, or, Imagineering Religion

February 11, 2014 Leave a Comment
Disney World Main Street at Night

  By S. Brent Plate This is the sign that hangs over the entrance to Disneyland, less than an hour from where I grew up in Southern California. I realize some people save up for years to drive the kids

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Surf’s Up at the American Academy of Religion!

October 07, 2013 Comments are off

Are you going to the American Academy of Religion meeting this November? Are you there right now? Are you bummed about being in Baltimore in the autumnal chill? We have something to bring a little sunshine to your weekend. Find

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