{"product_id":"sacred-sound-experiencing-music-in-world-religions-with-access-code","title":"Sacred Sound: Experiencing Music in World Religions [With Access Code]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMusic 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 conducive to enlightenment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTraditionally, when religious scholars talk about music, it's as a kind of aesthetic supplement to the important spiritual content of a religion, analogous to stained-glass windows or temple paintings. In contrast, \u003ci\u003eSacred Sound: Experiencing Music in World Religions\u003c\/i\u003e acknowledges the critical role of musical activity in religious life. Music, including chant and vocal utterance, is not incidental in religious practice but a sacred treasure that is central to the growth and sustenance of religions throughout the world. Musical sound is sacred in most religions because it embodies the divine and can be shared by all participants, enduring among diverse communities of people despite theological differences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCovering six of the major world religions--Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Buddhism--forty selections of music and chant are available on the publisher's website. Contributors are respected scholars in religious studies and musicology and provide insight from both disciplines. The first book of its kind, \u003ci\u003eSacred Sound\u003c\/i\u003e is a milestone in the growing cross-disciplinary study of religion and music. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAudio files available at https: \/\/www.wlupress.wlu.ca\/Books\/S\/Sacred-Sound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guy L. Beck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889204218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 1 - Recommended\/Special Interest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeck, Guy L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eGuy L. Beck\u003c\/b\u003e spent over six years in India researching Indian religions and music. Holding degrees in both religious studies and musicology, he currently teaches at Tulane University, New Orleans, and was recently a visiting fellow at Oxford University. A scholar and musician, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eSonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) as well as numerous articles on Indian religions and music and has also released two CDs of Indian vocal music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot available to be shipped via Media Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53321759686954,"sku":"9780889204218","price":86.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/4553\/1946\/files\/img_8fc26089-c4e4-4ebc-9157-40548299ab58.jpg?v=1793053707","url":"https:\/\/delvanta.shop\/products\/sacred-sound-experiencing-music-in-world-religions-with-access-code","provider":"Whitmore Lane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}