Sensing Sound: Aesthetic and Religious Experience According to al-Ghazālī
The Muslim theologian Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 1111) is one of the most often cited authors when it comes to "music and Islam." His “Book on the Etiquette of Listening and Ecstasy” (*Kitāb Ādāb as-samāʿ wa-l-wajd*), translated into English more than a hundred years ago, is widely circulate...
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| description | The Muslim theologian Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 1111) is one of the most often cited authors when it comes to "music and Islam." His “Book on the Etiquette of Listening and Ecstasy” (*Kitāb Ādāb as-samāʿ wa-l-wajd*), translated into English more than a hundred years ago, is widely circulated among Muslims in the East and West, in Arabic and English, in print and on the internet. This paper re-examines the text against the background of Arab musical theory of the time when it was written, and analyses selected technical terms that allude to concepts rooted in Late Antique musical philosophy and become also tangible in the Qurʾān. al-Ghazālī recognises both aesthetic pleasure and the transformative power of sounds and gives guidance how to channel the hearing perception into a salvific experience. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff588401534e4db380f59e0ae79421ab2022-12-22T03:18:09ZengCERES / KHK BochumEntangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer2363-66962019-12-011010.13154/er.10.2019.8437Sensing Sound: Aesthetic and Religious Experience According to al-GhazālīInes WeinrichThe Muslim theologian Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 1111) is one of the most often cited authors when it comes to "music and Islam." His “Book on the Etiquette of Listening and Ecstasy” (*Kitāb Ādāb as-samāʿ wa-l-wajd*), translated into English more than a hundred years ago, is widely circulated among Muslims in the East and West, in Arabic and English, in print and on the internet. This paper re-examines the text against the background of Arab musical theory of the time when it was written, and analyses selected technical terms that allude to concepts rooted in Late Antique musical philosophy and become also tangible in the Qurʾān. al-Ghazālī recognises both aesthetic pleasure and the transformative power of sounds and gives guidance how to channel the hearing perception into a salvific experience.https://er.ceres.rub.de/index.php/ER/article/view/8437IslammusicAbū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālīsonic dimensionsMuslim ritual |
| spellingShingle | Ines Weinrich Sensing Sound: Aesthetic and Religious Experience According to al-Ghazālī Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer Islam music Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī sonic dimensions Muslim ritual |
| title | Sensing Sound: Aesthetic and Religious Experience According to al-Ghazālī |
| title_full | Sensing Sound: Aesthetic and Religious Experience According to al-Ghazālī |
| title_fullStr | Sensing Sound: Aesthetic and Religious Experience According to al-Ghazālī |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sensing Sound: Aesthetic and Religious Experience According to al-Ghazālī |
| title_short | Sensing Sound: Aesthetic and Religious Experience According to al-Ghazālī |
| title_sort | sensing sound aesthetic and religious experience according to al ghazali |
| topic | Islam music Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī sonic dimensions Muslim ritual |
| url | https://er.ceres.rub.de/index.php/ER/article/view/8437 |
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