{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP 346: Deepak Chopra-Jeffrey Epstein Connections &amp; the Spirituality Industry Crisis w\/Dr. Ann Gleig","description":"Ann Gleig (Professor of Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Central Florida; PhD, Rice University, 2010) studies spirituality emerging from the encounter between Buddhism and American culture, particularly meditation and mindfulness. The author of&amp;nbsp;American Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Modernity&amp;nbsp;(Yale University Press, 2019); and co-editor with Scott A. Mitchell of&amp;nbsp;The Oxford Handbook of American Buddhism, she has published widely about how the incorporation of psychotherapeutic and social justice frameworks have transformed American Buddhist practices. A recipient of a Sacred Writes media partnership to write for&amp;nbsp;Religion Dispatches, Dr. Gleig\u2019s public-facing work has also appeared in&amp;nbsp;The Conversation&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Ann Gleig will collaborate with Nalika Gajawira on a comparative ethnographic study of how Buddhist communities adopt and adapt popular spiritual exercises such as \u201csecular\u201d mindfulness and yoga classes within a wider Buddhist framework. Their work aims to illustrate the processes, frameworks and relationships that can enable more responsible relationships between specific religious communities and the word of spiritual wellness practices. &amp;nbsp; Ann Gleig, \u201cThe Deepak Chopra-Jeffrey Epstein friendship tells of a spirituality industry in crisis,\u201d Religion News Service:  https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2026\/03\/06\/the-deepak-chopra-jeffrey-  epstein-tells-of-a-spirituality-industry-in-crisis\/  Ann Gleig and Brenna Artinger, \u201cThe Buddhist Culture Wars #BuddhistCultureWars: BuddhaBros, Alt-Right Dharma, and Snowflake Sanghas,&amp;amp;quot; Journal of Global Buddhism Vol 22: 1(2021)&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.globalbuddhism.org\/article\/view\/1298  Ann Gleig and Amy Langenberg, \u201cSupporting Survivors of Abuse,\u201d Abuse in Buddhism: Facing It, Preventing It and Healing From It, Dharmadatta Community https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Tlvm5gq-G0  Ann Gleig, Amy Langenberg and Sarah Jacoby, \u201cReflecting on Heartwood\/Northwestern Symposium on Sexual Violence in Buddhism: Centering Survivors Voices,\u201d The Shiloh Project  https:\/\/shilohproject.blog\/reflection-on-heartwood-symposium-on-sexual-violence-in-buddhism-  centering-survivors-voices\/  Ann Gleig, Talking About Cults: Abuse and the Study of New Religious Movements: https:\/\/www.ugapress.org\/9780820377902\/talking-about-cults\/ Association for Spiritual Integrity (ASI) https:\/\/www.spiritual-integrity.org\/ Seek Safely: https:\/\/seeksafely.org\/ ","author_name":"The Classical Ideas Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/classicalideaspodcast.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41017380\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/41017380"}