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Stealing My Religion

Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation

Liz Bucar

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HARDCOVER

$27.95 • £24.95 • €25.95

ISBN 9780674987036

Publication Date: 09/13/2022

272 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

7 photos

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Preface
Introduction
1. Solidarity Hijab
2. Playing Pilgrim
3. Respite Yoga
Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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At Inside Higher Ed, read Liz Bucar on the “curricular pitfalls” of many study-abroad programs—which, by centering uncritical “cultural immersion,” miss an opportunity to present American students with a more uncomfortable reflection about power
Read an excerpt from Stealing My Religion at Teen Vogue
On the podcast Re-visioning Religion, listen to Professor Bucar reflect on the ethical and political dynamics behind various forms of religious borrowing
On ABC Radio National’s Religion and Ethics Report, listen to Bucar analyze how and when religious homage becomes appropriation
Read a Religion News Service interview with Bucar
Watch Bucar discuss Stealing My Religion at a December 2022 event hosted by the University of Chicago Divinity School
Watch Bucar present the lecture “Are We Stealing Our Religion? The Ethics of Religious Appropriation” at Villanova University in December 2022
At Religion Dispatches, read Bucar (writing with Emma Cieslik)’s warning that despite growing attention to the role of cultural appropriation in Halloween traditions, costumes based on religious clothing (such as the sexy nun) are still getting a pass
Listen to Bucar discuss Stealing My Religion on the Word & Way podcast Dangerous Dogma
Read a Yoga Journal interview with Bucar
At Religion & Politics, read Bucar on the harm caused when religious appropriation is excused because of politically liberal motivations
Listen to Bucar discuss the ethics of religious appropriation on The Classical Ideas Podcast
Listen to Bucar discuss Stealing My Religion on the podcast New Books in Religion
On the NYU Center for Religion and Media podcast The Revealer, listen to Bucar explain what constitutes religious cultural appropriation
Read a New York Times feature, informed by discussion with Bucar, on the increasing trendiness of balaclavas and whether their resemblance to hijabs is problematic
Read a Tertio interview with Bucar [in Belgian Dutch]
At The Revealer, read Bucar on how Islamophobia intersects with Americans’ embrace—or rejection—of pandemic masking
Read a Washington Post feature, informed by discussion with Bucar, on the fashion world’s embrace of mask-wearing—and the moral message sent by the decision to mask

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