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This is a Special Interest Group of the Society for Ethnomusicology. The purpose of this group is to further ethnomusicological research into religious, spiritual, devotional, sacred, and ritual music.
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Religion, Theology, and Popular Music Conference
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The Religion and Popular Culture Network began in 2005 and is a loose
affiliation of researchers, some of whom are located in the academy,
some in faith communities. Our purpose is to promote and support
anyone working in, or interested in, the interaction of popular
culture and religion, whatever form that takes.... more »
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Looking for materials, contacts for Sacred Voices Project
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Dear Colleagues, In 2011, I designed the Sacred Voices Project. The goal of the Project is to conduct research at ethnomusicology and music libraries in Europe and the Middle East in order to collect data for a book and website on Sacred Voices of the World. The Project was inspired by the enthusiastic response I received to "You Are... more »
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CFP Reminder: Transformations of the Sacred
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There is just more than one week remaining for you to submit your
abstracts for the first bi-annual meeting of the European Sociological
Association (ESA) Sociology of Religion Research Network (RN34).
You can download a poster for the conference here:
[link]... more »
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Religious Travel and Tourism in a Globalising World
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International Conference on Religious Travel and Tourism in a
Globalising World
27-28 April 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus
The University of Nicosia, the Euro-Mediterranean Academy of Tourism
(EMAT), and the Cyprus Tourism Organization (CTO), welcome the
submission of papers for an international conference, with the title:... more »
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Music & Islam Symposium
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You are cordially invited to the symposium "Music and Islam: Sonic
Dimensions of Piety, Politics, and Pleasure" to be held at Tufts
University
on Friday, April 13, 2012. This symposium will feature presentations
by
renowned scholars and performers of music in the world of Islam, and
will
provide global perspectives on the diversity of the musical practices... more »
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Article of interest
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Dear All, A little self promotion: The two discussion/requests for material bring to mind Bourdieu's theory of the habitus and his discussion of the authoritative language of worship (the "how" "why" and "says who" of musical-liturgical choice and performance). I discuss these ideas in a recent article in... more »
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Material on Transposition
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Hello All, I'm also on the search for material. My Phd thesis is looking music in a black majority Pentecostal church in South East London. One of the aspects that I'm interested in - is the use of transposition in congregational singing - the practise whereby choruses are transposed up a tone on repetition. Has anyone come across any material on... more »
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questions about books
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Hi again - in my searching I've found several positions - problem is that you often can't look inside the book and see what the level is (popular, academic etc). If anyone has read any of these and can recommend (or recommend against), I'd appreciate comments (before I spend a small fortune on books that are really useless.)... more »
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looking for material
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Hi all - I am looking for some material for one of my thesis chapters. Does anyone know of anything written on the history of the use of music in Protestant churches? I'm particularly interested in evangelical Protestants. I have most of James White's books, Robert Webber's encyclopedia set, R.J. Mouw/M. Noll's Wonderful Words of Life... more »
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