The Sound of Salvation: Voice, Gender, and the Sufi Mediascape in China

by Guangtian Ha

Book Overview

The Jahriyya Sufis--a primarily Sinophone order of Naqshbandiyya Sufis in northwest China--inhabit a unique religious soundscape. The hallmark of their spiritual practice is the "loud" (jahr) remembrance of God in liturgical rituals featuring distinctive melodic vocal chants.

The first ethnography of this order in any language, The Sound of Salvation draws on nearly a decade of fieldwork to reveal the intricacies and importance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231198078
• ISBN13: 9780231198073
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.6"