William W. Young

Listening, Religion, and Democracy in Contemporary Boston

God's Ears

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9781498576086
• ISBN-10: 1498576087
• Artikelnr.: 53685574

Autorenporträt

William W. Young III is professor of religion and philosophy at Endicott College.

Inhaltsangabe

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