Week 8 - Oct 24, 26 & 28, 2011 - Music, religion and ritual
- Mon, Oct 24: MIDTERM QUIZ
- Wed, Fri: Lectures (case studies: India, Turkey)
Readings:
Assigned reading:
Wulff, Donna Marie, “On Practicing Religiously: Music as Sacred in India.” In Joyce Irwin (ed.) Sacred Sound: Music in Religious Thought and Practice. Chico, California: Scholars Press, 1983, pp. 149-172.
YouTube links for this class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5DOy3qkeDU
Additional reading:
Asani, Ali, “Music and dance in the work of Mawlana Jalal al–Din Rumi.” Islamic Culture, 60/2, 1986, pp. 41-55.
Further reading:
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein, “Islam and Music: the legal and spiritual dimensions.” In Lawrence E. Sullivan (ed.) Enchanting Powers: Music in the World's Religions. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1997.
