Sophia Rose Arjana is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Western Kentucky University. Her previous books include Pilgrimage in Islam, also published by Oneworld, and Muslims in the Western Imagination, which was a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Year. She lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

• Introduction1 Histories of Religion and Mysticism2 Cultural Colonialism, Muddled Orientalism, and the Mystic Poor3 Mysticism, Incorporated4 Hindu Hippies and Boulder Buddhists5 Rumimaniacs6 Lost, Star Wars, and Mystical HollywoodPostscript NotesBibliographyIndex

‘Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi highlights the hidden costs of what would appear to be positive stereotypes about Eastern religiosity. In doing so, Arjana interrogates cultural colonialism, i.e. the borrowing of other people’s cultures and religions without giving credit to actual persons and institutions… With its comprehensive theoretically informed approach and exciting case studies, I would especially recommend this book for use in undergraduate classes.’

Sophia Rose Arjana is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Western Kentucky University. Her previous books include Pilgrimage in Islam, also published by Oneworld, and Muslims in the Western Imagination, which was a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Year. She lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

• Introduction1 Histories of Religion and Mysticism2 Cultural Colonialism, Muddled Orientalism, and the Mystic Poor3 Mysticism, Incorporated4 Hindu Hippies and Boulder Buddhists5 Rumimaniacs6 Lost, Star Wars, and Mystical HollywoodPostscript NotesBibliographyIndex

‘Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi highlights the hidden costs of what would appear to be positive stereotypes about Eastern religiosity. In doing so, Arjana interrogates cultural colonialism, i.e. the borrowing of other people’s cultures and religions without giving credit to actual persons and institutions… With its comprehensive theoretically informed approach and exciting case studies, I would especially recommend this book for use in undergraduate classes.’

Sophia Rose Arjana is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Western Kentucky University. Her previous books include Pilgrimage in Islam, also published by Oneworld, and Muslims in the Western Imagination, which was a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Year. She lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

• Introduction1 Histories of Religion and Mysticism2 Cultural Colonialism, Muddled Orientalism, and the Mystic Poor3 Mysticism, Incorporated4 Hindu Hippies and Boulder Buddhists5 Rumimaniacs6 Lost, Star Wars, and Mystical HollywoodPostscript NotesBibliographyIndex

‘Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi highlights the hidden costs of what would appear to be positive stereotypes about Eastern religiosity. In doing so, Arjana interrogates cultural colonialism, i.e. the borrowing of other people’s cultures and religions without giving credit to actual persons and institutions… With its comprehensive theoretically informed approach and exciting case studies, I would especially recommend this book for use in undergraduate classes.’