Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation | Bucar Liz | Pevná väzba

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pbFrom sneaker ads and the solidarity hijab to yoga classes and secular hikes along the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route, the essential guide to the murky ethics of religious appropriation.b pWe think we know cultural appropriation when we see it. Blackface or Native American headdresses as Halloween costumes--these clearly give offense. But what about Cardi B posing as the Hindu Goddess Durga in a Reebok ad, AA's twelve-step invocation of God, or the earnest inamastei you utter at the end of yoga class pLiz Bucar unpacks the ethical dilemmas of a messy form of cultural appropriation the borrowing of religious doctrines, rituals, and dress for political, economic, and therapeutic reasons. Does borrowing from another's religion harm believers Who can consent to such borrowings Bucar sees religion as an especially vexing arena for appropriation debates because faiths overlap and imitate each other and because diversity within religious groups scrambles our sense of who is an insider a

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