Véronique Altglas is Lecturer in Sociology at Queen's University Belfast. She has conducted research on the transnational expansion of neo-Hindu movements and the Kabbalah Centre, the management of minority religions in France and Britain, and anti-Semitism.

"[Altglas's] research evokes intriguing questions that the field should interrogate Altglas's corrective analysis-that individuals (and their individualized forms of bricolage) are always socially situated, if not determined-supplies a welcome rejoinder in the field, and it is one that cannot be ignored. "--Nova Religio

"This book is pioneering, important, critical, and timely. It shows that Kabbalah Centres in four different countries and neo-Hindu movements in France and Britain raise some fascinating theoretical questions which challenge conventional thinking about bricolage, religious exoticism, and psychological self-realization. The combination of lively ethnographic detail and conceptual precision is truly impressive and will appeal to all readers with interests in social, religious, and cultural logics." --James A. Beckford, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Warwick