Memory, Music, And Religion: Morocco's Mystical Chanters (Studies in Comparative Religion)
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (744 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008W3NP8G |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 260 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kassam, author of Songs of Wisdom and Circles of Dance: Hymns of the Satpanth Ismaili Muslim Saint, Pir Shams . From the Inside Flap "With Memory, Music, and Religion: Morocco’s Mystical Chanters, Earle Waugh grants us powerful insight into the nature of personal and collective memory in situating religious experience as part of cultural life. Eickelman, author of Knowledge and Power in Morocco: The Education of a Twentieth-Century Notable "Waugh’s intricate analysis of the Moroccan dhikr and chanter traditions offers original insights
One of the world’s leading scholars of Muslim religious chanting, particularly within Sufi mystical traditions, Waugh is the author or editor of more than ten books, including The Munshidin of Egypt: Their World and Their Song, published by the University of South Carolina Press in 1989. . Waugh
Showing how the powerful tradition of music nurtures the Muslim soul, Waugh brings new insights to the study of the religious function of memory.. In this study, Waugh probes the depths of religious memory within Islam and notes the singular importance of memory in comprehending the meaning and styles of music. Why do religious communities remember some events and not others? Why do some kinds of music find a continuing place in worship while others seem to lose their appeal? Why is it that the Islamic tradition is understood so narrowly, even by some Muslims, when in fact it has a broadly textured history of belief and practice? In Memory, Music, and Religion, Earle H. Waugh addresses such probing questions while exploring a rich vein of Islam in Morocco—the mystical chanters. Through rituals of dhikr, or remembrance, the old forms of music and word blend into a new form of worship for today. In this book, a detailed study of the interplay between memory, music, and religion, Waugh opens new areas of thought, particularly regarding a theme that cuts across religious traditions: the role of memory in religious formation.S