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Author Millie, Julian, 1967- author.

Title Hearing Allah's call : preaching and performance in Indonesian Islam / Julian Millie
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages)
Contents 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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 23, 2017)
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
SUBJECT Bandung (Indonesia) -- Religious life and customs
Subject Indonesia -- Bandung
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017006530
ISBN 9781501709609
1501709607
1501713116
9781501713118
9781501713125
1501713124