Beschreibung:
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.
AcknowledgmentsNote on TranscriptionIntroduction1. Preaching Diversity in Bandung2. The Unique Voice... and Its Travails3. Preaching "without Performing"4. The Languages of Preaching in the Islamic Public Sphere5. The Listening Audience Laughs and Cries, the Writing Public Thinks6. A Feminized Domain7. Public Contest and the Pragmatics of Performance8. Standing Up for ListeningConclusionAppendixesA. Wedding Sermon by Al-JauhariB. Sunday Study Sermon by Shiddiq AmienC. Translation of Excerpt of Sermon by A. F. GhazaliNotesWorks CitedIndex