'The Answer to All Your Problems?' The Overly Positive Presentation of Meditation in the Media
The current popularity of secular' meditation has been due in large part to its promotion in the mainstream Western media. In 1975 Time magazine ran a cover featuring an image of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation (TM) along with the headline: Meditation: The Answ...
| Published in: | Journal for the academic study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
[2019]
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| In: |
Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-71 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Media
/ Reporting
/ Meditation
/ Benevolence
/ Criticism
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
B Meditation B Psychology B Media B Popular Culture B Mindfulness |
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