TY  - BOOK
AU  - Millie,Julian
TI  - Hearing Allah's call: preaching and performance in Indonesian Islam 
SN  - 9781501709609
AV  - BP184.25 .M55 2017
U1  - 297.3/709598 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Islamic preaching
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Bandung
KW  - Islam and culture
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Prédication
KW  - Islam
KW  - Indonésie
KW  - Islam et civilisation
KW  - Ethnologie
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Cultural
KW  - fast
KW  - Bandung (Indonesia)
KW  - Religious life and customs
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Electronic book
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preaching diversity in Bandung -- The unique voice and its travails -- Persis : preaching "without performing" -- The languages of preaching in the Islamic public sphere -- The listening audience laughs and cries : the writing public thinks -- A feminised domain : Islamic oratory and women listeners -- Public contests and the pragmatics of performance -- Standing up for listening -- Conclusion : a successful public Islamic project
N2  - Hearing Allah's Call changes the way we think about Islamic communication. In the city of Bandung in Indonesia, sermons are not reserved for mosques and sites for Friday prayers. Muslim speakers are in demand for all kinds of events, from rites of passage to motivational speeches for companies and other organizations. Julian Millie spent fourteen months sitting among listeners at such events, and he provides detailed contextual description of the everyday realities of Muslim listening as well as preaching. In describing the venues, the audience, and preachers--many of whom are women--he reveals tensions between entertainment and traditional expressions of faith and moral rectitude. The sermonizers use in-jokes, double entendres, and mimicry in their expositions, playing on their audiences' emotions, triggering reactions from critics who accuse them of neglecting listeners' intellects. Millie focused specifically on the listening routines that enliven everyday life for Muslims in all social spaces--imagine the hardworking preachers who make Sunday worship enjoyable for rural as well as urban Americans--and who captivate audiences with skills that attract criticism from more formal interpreters of Islam. The ethnography is rich and full of insightful observations and details. Hearing Allah's Call will appeal to students of the practice of anthropology as well as all those intrigued by contemporary Islam
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