Candy Gunther Brown

Dr. Candy Gunther Brown (Ph.D. Harvard University) is Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University and author or editor of six books, including Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools: Reforming Secular Education or Reestablishing Religion? (University of North Carolina Press, 2019).

Archive, OMFG, Politics/Law, Religious LibertyApril 5, 2021

Alabama Yoga Debate Focusing on the Wrong Question

By Candy Gunther Brown

Alabama’s latest round debating yoga should come as no surprise. Earlier this week, the state’s…

(A)theologies, Archive, Politics/Law, Religious LibertyMarch 14, 2020

Does ‘Criss-Cross Apple Sauce’ Make Yoga Secular? Opponents of Yoga in Public Schools Have a Point

By Candy Gunther Brown

Alabama is the latest state to reconsider its stance on yoga, as reported by The…

Archive, Culture, History/Theology, Politics/Law, Religious LibertyMay 17, 2019

Think Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools Are a No-Brainer? Think Again

By Candy Gunther Brown

Advocates of school yoga and mindfulness are no doubt sincere when they speak of these practices as secular resources that are desperately needed by a troubled education system, but there are compelling reasons to be skeptical.