A remarkable book analysing the importance of oratory for transmitting religious knowledge, legitimising rulers and inculcating moral values in the medieval Islamic world.
A remarkable book analysing the importance of oratory for transmitting religious knowledge, legitimising rulers and inculcating moral values in the medieval Islamic world.
Linda G. Jones is Visiting Professor of History of Religions at the University of Barcelona. She is the co-author of the Handbook to Life in the Medieval World (with Madeline Pelner Cosman, 2007) and has been published in many journals, including The Bulletin of Middle East Medievalists, al-Qantara, Anuario de Estudios Medievales, Medieval Sermon Studies and Religion.
Inhaltsangabe
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.
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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