Hearing Allah's call : preaching and performance in Indonesian Islam /

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Author / Creator:Millie, Julian, 1967- author.
Imprint:Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
©2017
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Islamic preaching -- Indonesia -- Bandung.
Islam and culture -- Indonesia -- Bandung.
Ethnology -- Indonesia -- Bandung.
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Ethnology.
Islam and culture.
Islamic preaching.
Bandung (Indonesia) -- Religious life and customs.
Indonesia -- Bandung.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12540917
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ISBN:9781501709609
1501709607
9781501712241
1501712241
9781501713118
1501713116
9781501713118
9781501713125
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 23, 2017).
Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Millie, Julian, 1967- Hearing Allah's call. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017 9781501713118