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      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
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      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
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      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
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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).

History/Theology, Politics/Law, Sex/Gender/JusticeSeptember 7, 2018

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

By Andrea R. Jain

The images of LGBTQ rights advocates celebrating in India—embracing one another, holding rainbow banners, and…

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Archive, CultureMay 8, 2018

To Fight White Supremacy We Must Resist Essentialism: The Author Responds

By Andrea R. Jain

In February of this year, I wrote on RD that Fox News journalist Caleb Parke…

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History/TheologyMay 8, 2018

To Fight White Supremacy We Must Resist Essentialism: The Author Responds

By Andrea R. Jain

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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(A)theologies, Archive, CultureFebruary 7, 2018

Fox News Controversy on Yoga and White Supremacy Reveals Problem of Yoga Discussion

By Andrea R. Jain

A recent Fox News headline, “Americans who Practice Yoga Contribute to White Supremacy, Michigan State…

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(A)theologies, Sexuality/GenderFebruary 7, 2017

The Revolution Will Not Be Fetishized: Taking Resistance Beyond the Spiritual Industrial Complex

By Andrea R. Jain

There is a difference between gestural subversion and collective resistance.

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(A)theologies, Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/LawOctober 17, 2016

Trump and Hindu Nationalism: A Match Made in Bollywood

By Andrea R. Jain

Trump declares himself a fan of “Hindu,” as Bollywood dancers enact terrorist attack.

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Culture, OMFGFebruary 1, 2016

Let’s Stop Calling Rape and Harassment by Bikram Yoga Founder Just Another “Guru Scandal”

By Andrea R. Jain

When Bikram Choudhury was first teaching yoga in the 1970s at his yoga studio in…

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OMFGMarch 10, 2015

No, It’s Still Yogaphobia

By Andrea R. Jain

The conversation continues: a response to Kyle Garton-Gundling

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(A)theologies, OMFGFebruary 26, 2015

Pat Robertson Warns Yoga Will Have You Speaking Hindu

By Andrea R. Jain

Pat Robertson, the notorious and influential television evangelist and founder of the Christian Coalition of…

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(A)theologies, Culture, OMFGFebruary 24, 2015

Is Pope Francis Yogaphobic?

By Andrea R. Jain

As Luke Coppen noted in a recent piece in The Spectator, Francis “has been spun…

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