Sacred Sound: Experiencing Music in World Religions [With Access Code]

by Guy L. Beck

Book Overview

This innovative book explores religion through music, the only art form named after a divinity and one of the most universally recognized forms of human experience.

Music has been documented from prehistory to the present age in virtually all known cultures. For many, it is a vehicle for spiritual growth and community empowerment, whether it's understood as a gift of the gods or simply a practice for achieving mental states...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889204217
• ISBN13: 9780889204218
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"