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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millie, Julian, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic preaching--Indonesia--Bandung.

Islamic preaching.

Islam and culture--Indonesia--Bandung.

Islam and culture.

Ethnology--Indonesia--Bandung.

Ethnology.

Bandung (Indonesia)--Religious life and customs.

Bandung (Indonesia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York ; London, [England] : Cornell University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Transcription

Introduction

Chapter 1. Preaching Diversity in Bandung

Chapter 2. The Unique Voice . . . and Its Travails

Chapter 3. Preaching "without Performing"

Chapter 4. The Languages of Preaching in the Islamic Public Sphere

Chapter 5. The Listening Audience Laughs and Cries, the Writing Public Thinks

Chapter 6. A Feminized Domain

Chapter 7. Public Contest and the Pragmatics of Performance

Chapter 8. Standing Up for Listening

Conclusion

Appendix A. Wedding Sermon by Al-Jauhari

Appendix B. Sunday Study Sermon by Shiddiq Amien

Appendix C. Translation of Excerpt of Sermon by A. F. Ghazali

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501712241

1501712241

9781501709609

1501709607

OCLC:

1015273635