Memory, Music, and Religion: Morocco's Mystical Chanters

by Earle H. Waugh

Brings new insights to the study of the religious function of memory

Why do religious communities remember some events and not others? Why do some kinds of music find a continuing place in worship while others seem to lose their appeal? Why is it that the Islamic tradition is understood so narrowly, even by some Muslims, when in fact it has a broadly textured history of belief and practice? In Memory, Music, and Religion, Earle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570035679
• ISBN13: 9781570035678
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"