Listening, Religion, and Democracy in Contemporary Boston - Gods Ears

This bookexplores the world of religious listening in Boston and its implications for democracy in the United States. It argues that religious communities develop socially embodied forms of divine listening, reshaping our listening practices in ways that both sanctify and democratize our audition.

List of contents

Part I: Regimes of Religious Listening
Introduction
Chapter 1: Heavenly Sounds in the Earthly City: Music and Religious Regimes of Listening
Chapter 2: Listening in the Spirit: Practices of Communal Formation
Part II: Religious Listening and the Pursuit of Democracy
Chapter 3: The Paradoxes of Religious and Democratic Virtue
Chapter 4: Hearing the Cry: Listening and Civic Engagement
Chapter 5: Defiant Obedience: Rethinking the Acoustics of Boston's Religious Life
Chapter 6: Religion, Listening, and the Acoustics of Democracy

About the author

By William W. Young III

Summary

This book explores the world of religious listening in Boston and its implications for democracy in the United States. It argues that religious communities develop socially embodied forms of divine listening, reshaping our listening practices in ways that both sanctify and democratize our audition.

Product details

• Authors: William W III Young, William W. Young, William W. III Young, Young William W.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781498576086
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7608-6
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Ethnographies of Religion; Ethnographies of Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); PHILOSOPHY / Religious, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Religion & politics, Philosophy of religion, Religion and Politics, Urban communities, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Urban communities / city life