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).

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Religion Dispatches

The World's Most Influential Yoga Teacher is a Homophobic Right-Wing Activist

He’s also really into herbal remedies and natural foods.

Andrea R. Jain

Michael Schulson

October 4, 2016

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Religion Dispatches

The Surprisingly Short History of Popular Yoga

Last month, a yoga class at the University of Ottawa that was cancelled amid accusations of cultural appropriation made a quiet return to the class schedule. The controversy initially erupted in…

Andrea R. Jain

Michelle Goldberg

February 22, 2016

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Religion Dispatches

Let's Stop Calling Rape and Harassment by Bikram Yoga Founder Just Another "Guru Scandal"

When Bikram Choudhury was first teaching yoga in the 1970s at his yoga studio in the basement of a Beverly Hills bank building, he very much represented the ascetic ideal of the yoga guru, sleeping on…

Andrea R. Jain

February 1, 2016

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