Guy L. Beck is the author of Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound and editor of Sacred Sound: Experiencing Music in World Religions. A U.S. Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellow, Beck has spent more than six years in India studying Hinduism and music, and he has written extensively on the role of sound and music in Indian traditions. He has also learned the art of classical Hindustani vocal music from distinguished exponents in India and has recorded two audio CDs, as well as given numerous lectures and concerts in both India and the West. Beck teaches religion and music at Tulane University and the University of New Orleans.
9 Ebooks by Frederick M. Denny
Guy L. Beck: Sonic Liturgy
Sonic Liturgy: Ritual and Music in Hindu Tradition builds on the foundation of Guy L. Beck’s earlier work, which described the theoretical role of sound in Hindu thought. Sonic Liturgy continues the …
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Cyrus Ali Zargar: Sufi Aesthetics
Sufi Aesthetics argues that the interpretive keys to erotic Sufi poems and their medieval commentaries lie in understanding a unique perceptual experience. Using careful analysis of primary texts, Cy …
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Amina M. Steinfels: Knowledge before Action
In Knowledge before Action, Amina M. Steinfels examines medieval Sufism and its place in Islamic society by telling the story of the life and career of Sayyid Jalal al-din Bukhari, a revered figure i …
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Kelly Pemberton: Women Mystics and Sufi Shrines in India
Insightful field research into the complexity of women’s roles in a subset of Islamic culture. Women Mystics and Sufi Shrines in India combines historical data with years of ethnographic fieldwork to …
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Diane D’Souza: Partners of Zaynab
How do pious Shia Muslim women nurture and sustain their religious lives? How do their experiences and beliefs differ from or overlap with those of men? What do gender-based religious roles and inter …
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Adam R. Gaiser: Shurat Legends, Ibadi Identities
An analysis of a variety of early Islamic texts to understand processes of identity formation and community In Shurat Legends, Ibadi Identities, Adam Gaiser explores the origins and early development …
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Nelly van Doorn-Harder: Copts in Context
A comprehensive examination of this deeply traditional Christian religion as it confronts modernity Though the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt is among the oldest Christian communities in the world, …
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Timur R. Yuskaev: Speaking Qur’an
An exploration of how Muslims in the United States have interpreted the Qur’an in ways that make it speak to their American realities In Speaking Qur’an: An American Scripture, Timur R. Yuskaev exami …
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Ata Anzali: Mysticism in Iran
An original study of the transformation of Safavid Persia from a majority Sunni country to a Twelver Shi’i realm ‘Mysticism’ in Iran is an in-depth analysis of significant transformations in the reli …
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