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Sounds for a New World : The Christianizing Soundscapes of Late Antiquity.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abbott, Philip.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.
- Summary:
- In Sounds for a New World, Philip Abbott explores how late ancient Christians envisioned themselves as participants in the worldwide retuning effort, harmonizing the Classical world to the new Christian reality. Rejecting the sounds of traditional Greco-Roman and Persian cultures, Christians advocated a variety of sonic practices to realize their grand retuning endeavor, including shouting, singing, silent meditation, chanting, and even belching.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Primary Literature
- Secondary Literature
- Introduction: New World Symphony
- Making Sense: Sensory and Sound Studies
- Godly Grumbles and the Greco-Roman Soundscape
- Soundscapes of the Late Ancient World
- 1 Sonic Continuity: The Sunrise of a Christian Soundscape
- The Sound of Light
- Do You Hear What I Hear? The Sounds of the New Christmas Feast
- 2 Sonorous Saints: The Acoustic Coup of the Martyr Cult
- Martyrs, Demons, and a New Audience
- A New Landscape and New Barbarians
- Stephen and the Silencing of Satan
- 3 Battle of the Bands: The Psalter versus Demonic Noise
- Band One: Demonic Din
- Band Two: Antony and the Psalm-Singing Ascetics
- Encore: The Psalter as the Voice of Christ
- 4 The Sound of Silence: Augustine's Soundscape for the Christian Empire
- The Soundness of Sound
- Augustine and Babylonian Babble
- Reading Rome
- Silence, Sound, and the Celestial City
- 5 Acoustic Ascetics: The Sonic Structure of Syriac Asceticism
- Missionary Melodies
- Aural Arrangements of Asceticism
- John of Ephesus and the Making of Miaphysite Monasticism
- Conclusion: Sounds for a New World
- Notes
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- General Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-781075-6
- 0-19-781076-4
- 0-19-781074-8
- 9780197810743
- OCLC:
- 1546869716
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