Between Market and Domestication: The Quest for the Recognition of Yoga as Religion

Loïc Bawidamann; Rafael Walthert

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Chapter 7 Between Market and Domestication

The Quest for the Recognition of Yoga as Religion

In: Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 14 (2023)

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Loïc Bawidamann

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Pages:: 159–179

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004686250_009

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Abstract

Yoga practices range from religious rituals to secular well-being techniques. However, during the Covid-19-pandemic, the Swiss government restricted recreational group activities, including yoga, while exempting religious practices. Hence, the state classified yoga as a sport, a ruling that a yoga instructor contested, claiming the privileges granted to religious communities by categorising his practices as religious. Based on qualitative interviews and the analysis of official documents, this paper shows how his attempt to enforce state recognition of yoga as religion came at the cost of domestication: Rules issued by the state led to an alignment of yoga practice with traditional forms of religion.

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Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 14 (2023)

The Sociology of Yoga, Meditation, and Asian Asceticism

Series: Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, Volume: 14

Cover Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 14 (2023)

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004686250

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 20 Feb 2024

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