{"product_id":"sacred-sound-experiencing-music-in-world-religions","title":"Sacred Sound: Experiencing Music in World Religions","description":"This 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.\n\nMusic 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.\n\nTraditionally, 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, Sacred Sound: Experiencing Music in World Religions 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.\n\nCovering 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, Sacred Sound is a milestone in the growing cross-disciplinary study of religion and music.\n\nAudio files available at https:\/\/www.wlupress.wlu.ca\/Books\/S\/Sacred-Sound\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0889204217\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0889204217.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Beck, Guy L.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43739253112893,"sku":"BVV.0889204217.G","price":8.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0889204217-0.jpg?v=1790717192","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/sacred-sound-experiencing-music-in-world-religions","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}