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The Jahriyya Sufis-a primarily Sinophone order of Naqshbandiyya
Sufism in northwestern China-inhabit a unique religious soundscape.
The hallmark of their spiritual practice is the "loud" (jahr)
remembrance of God in liturgical rituals featuring distinctive
melodic vocal chants. The first ethnography of this order in any
language, The Sound of Salvation draws on nearly a decade of
fieldwork to reveal the intricacies and importance of Jahriyya
vocal recitation. Guangtian Ha examines how the use of voice in
liturgy helps the Jahriyya to sustain their faith and the ways it
has enabled them to endure political persecution over the past two
and a half centuries. He situates the Jahriyya in a global
multilingual network of Sufis and shows how their characteristic
soundscapes result from transcultural interactions among Middle
Eastern, Central Asian, and Chinese Muslim communities. Ha argues
that the resilience of Jahriyya Sufism stems from the diversity and
multiplicity of liturgical practice, which he shows to be rooted in
notions of Sufi sainthood. He considers the movement of Jahriyya
vocal recitation to new media forms and foregrounds the gendered
opposition of male voices and female silence that structures the
group's rituals. Spanning diverse disciplines-including
anthropology, ethnomusicology, Islamic studies, sound studies, and
media studies-and using Arabic, Persian, and Chinese sources, The
Sound of Salvation offers new perspectives on the importance of
sound to religious practice, the role of gender in Chinese Islam,
and the links connecting Chinese Muslims to the broader Islamic
world.
The Jahriyya Sufis-a primarily Sinophone order of Naqshbandiyya
Sufism in northwestern China-inhabit a unique religious soundscape.
The hallmark of their spiritual practice is the "loud" (jahr)
remembrance of God in liturgical rituals featuring distinctive
melodic vocal chants. The first ethnography of this order in any
language, The Sound of Salvation draws on nearly a decade of
fieldwork to reveal the intricacies and importance of Jahriyya
vocal recitation. Guangtian Ha examines how the use of voice in
liturgy helps the Jahriyya to sustain their faith and the ways it
has enabled them to endure political persecution over the past two
and a half centuries. He situates the Jahriyya in a global
multilingual network of Sufis and shows how their characteristic
soundscapes result from transcultural interactions among Middle
Eastern, Central Asian, and Chinese Muslim communities. Ha argues
that the resilience of Jahriyya Sufism stems from the diversity and
multiplicity of liturgical practice, which he shows to be rooted in
notions of Sufi sainthood. He considers the movement of Jahriyya
vocal recitation to new media forms and foregrounds the gendered
opposition of male voices and female silence that structures the
group's rituals. Spanning diverse disciplines-including
anthropology, ethnomusicology, Islamic studies, sound studies, and
media studies-and using Arabic, Persian, and Chinese sources, The
Sound of Salvation offers new perspectives on the importance of
sound to religious practice, the role of gender in Chinese Islam,
and the links connecting Chinese Muslims to the broader Islamic
world.
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