Sacred Sound: Music in Religious Thought and Practice
Whether music's appeal to the senses detracts from or contributes to devotion is an important question for all religious traditions. This interdisciplinary, cross-cultural collection is intended as a first step towards a phenomenology of religious music. Topics range from the mystical strain in Jewish liturgical music to music in the Theravada Buddhist heritage. Contributors include Lois Ibsen al Faruqi, Bruce B. Lawrence, John Ross Carter, and Donna Marie Wulff.
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Sacred Sound: Music in Religious Thought and Practice
Whether music's appeal to the senses detracts from or contributes to devotion is an important question for all religious traditions. This interdisciplinary, cross-cultural collection is intended as a first step towards a phenomenology of religious music. Topics range from the mystical strain in Jewish liturgical music to music in the Theravada Buddhist heritage. Contributors include Lois Ibsen al Faruqi, Bruce B. Lawrence, John Ross Carter, and Donna Marie Wulff.
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Sacred Sound: Music in Religious Thought and Practice

Sacred Sound: Music in Religious Thought and Practice

Sacred Sound: Music in Religious Thought and Practice

Sacred Sound: Music in Religious Thought and Practice

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Whether music's appeal to the senses detracts from or contributes to devotion is an important question for all religious traditions. This interdisciplinary, cross-cultural collection is intended as a first step towards a phenomenology of religious music. Topics range from the mystical strain in Jewish liturgical music to music in the Theravada Buddhist heritage. Contributors include Lois Ibsen al Faruqi, Bruce B. Lawrence, John Ross Carter, and Donna Marie Wulff.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780891306559
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 01/02/1984
Series: AAR Thematic Studies , #50
Pages: 184
Product dimensions: 9.26(w) x 6.62(h) x 0.78(d)
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