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msartor53's review against another edition
4.0
Really enjoyed this book, I think that it did a great job of tying orientalism with capitalism. I think the categorization of different examples could have been organized differently, but this book made me think about practices that are used and the line of orientalism between proper worship. It is interesting who uses this to advantage, and how it turned from religious to "mystical".
remembered_reads's review against another edition
4.0
An overview of religion-as-mystical-product in the United States (and to a certain extent Western Europe). There’s a strange combination of repetitive notes (a particular poor translation of Rumi is mentioned so often that I wished I’d kept a running tally) alongside such a broad scope that we don’t get much depth into any single element. Still, overall it was an interesting read.
For a general audience, the repetitive bits mean it’s not as readable as the blurbs would suggest, but if I were looking for a textbook to assign excerpts to for a class on the subject, some of the chapters here would be perfect.
For a general audience, the repetitive bits mean it’s not as readable as the blurbs would suggest, but if I were looking for a textbook to assign excerpts to for a class on the subject, some of the chapters here would be perfect.
onceuponatime's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
very interesting and informative book. i wished it was more packed with information, i just wanted more and at some points it got a bit repetitive. quite good all around
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