The Power of Oratory in the Medieval Muslim World
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Part of Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
- Author: Linda G. Jones, Universitat de Barcelona
- Date Published: March 2018
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108449601
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Oratory and sermons had a fixed place in the religious and civic rituals of pre-modern Muslim societies and were indispensable for transmitting religious knowledge, legitimising or challenging rulers and inculcating the moral values associated with being part of the Muslim community. While there has been abundant scholarship on medieval Christian and Jewish preaching, Linda G. Jones's book is the first to consider the significance of the tradition of pulpit oratory in the medieval Islamic world. Traversing Iberia and North Africa from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, the book analyses the power of oratory, the ritual juridical and rhetorical features of pre-modern sermons and the social profiles of the preachers and orators who delivered them. The biographical and historical sources, which form the basis of this remarkable study, shed light on different regional practices and the juridical debates between individual preachers around correct performance.
Read more- The first book to explore the tradition of oratory in the medieval Muslim world from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries
- The sources reveal cross-cultural exchanges between preachers from Iberia to the eastern regions of the empire
- A remarkable study which will contribute to knowledge about religious, theological and social practices in medieval Islam
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- Date Published: March 2018
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108449601
- length: 312 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.48kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Laying the foundations
2. The khutba: the 'central jewel' of medieval Arab-Islamic prose
3. The khutba: rhetorical and discursive strategies of persuasion
4. Putting it all together: the khutba, texts, and contexts
Part I. Canonical Questions:
5. Putting it all together: the khutba, texts, and contexts
Part II. Thematic and Occasional Orations:
6. Homiletic exhortation and storytelling: challenging the 'popular'
7. 'The good eloquent speaker': profiles of pre-modern Muslim preachers
8. The audience responds: participation, reception, contestation
Conclusion.
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