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"This thesis is a study of traditional narratives which are recited and received both by villagers and pilgrims in regard to the local pilgrimage (ziarah) tradition in Pamijahan, particularly at Shaykh Abdul Muhyi's sacred site. The narratives will be examined as part of the popular beliefs of Priangan Timur or the eastern part of West Java. Locating them in the wider context of Sundanese oral and written traditions, my investigation will illuminate the nature and function of such traditions in the particular case of Pamijahan. The research will elucidate the role of the kuncen, the custodians of sacred sites, as guides and spiritual brokers who maintain the narratives. It will also be important to investigate the villagers' as well as visitors' view of the kuncen in regard to local pilgrimage. The study will also enhance comparative studies concerned with networks of holy men or saints (wali) on the island of Java (Pemberton 1994; Fox 1991: 20). I want to argue that people respond to, and participate in, saint veneration on pragmatic grounds. However, these grounds are subject to interpretation and contestation in time and space. In redefining their narratives, various individuals, such as custodians, Sufis, and even to some extent government functionaries, are considered to be authoritative persons by virtue of their capacity to conduct and manipulate narratives. As this argument develops, it will be important to understand the modes of signification in the village."--Provided by publisher.

Islam and culture --- Muslim saints --- Islamic shrines --- Islamic saints --- Saints, Muslim --- Sufi saints --- Saints --- Culture and Islam --- Culture --- Islamic civilization --- Muslim shrines --- Shrines

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Since antiquity, musk has been a valued perfume and medicine. Because the musk deer only lives in Central Eurasia, people in other locations had to trade for its musk. For medieval Islamic civilization, musk became the most important of all aromatics. The musk trade thus illuminates the nature of medieval Asian trade and musk's cultural effects on the Islamic world. Scent from the Garden of Paradise: Musk and the Medieval Islamic World examines the history of musk from its origins in Asia to its uses in the medieval Middle East, surveys the Islamic literature on musk, and discusses the roles of musk in perfumery and medicine, as well as the symbolic importance of musk in Islam.

Musk. --- Aromatic compounds. --- Perfumes --- Medicine, Medieval. --- Islam and culture. --- Commerce --- History. --- Social aspects. --- History --- Culture and Islam --- Culture --- Islamic civilization --- Medicine, Medieval --- Medieval medicine --- Perfumery --- Cosmetics --- Essences and essential oils --- Odors --- Toilet preparations --- Arenes --- Organic cyclic compounds

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Martyrdom --- Terrorism --- Islamic fundamentalism. --- Islam and culture. --- Islam and politics. --- Islam --- Politics and Islam --- Political science --- Culture and Islam --- Culture --- Islamic civilization --- Fundamentalism, Islamic --- Islamism --- Religious fundamentalism --- Islam and terrorism --- Martyrdom (Islam) --- Muslim martyrs --- Islam. --- Religious aspects --- Political aspects

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Hearing Allah's Call changes the way we think about Islamic communication. In the city of Bandung in Indonesia, sermons are not reserved for mosques and sites for Friday prayers. Muslim speakers are in demand for all kinds of events, from rites of passage to motivational speeches for companies and other organizations. Julian Millie spent fourteen months sitting among listeners at such events, and he provides detailed contextual description of the everyday realities of Muslim listening as well as preaching. In describing the venues, the audience, and preachers-many of whom are women-he reveals tensions between entertainment and traditional expressions of faith and moral rectitude. The sermonizers use in-jokes, double entendres, and mimicry in their expositions, playing on their audiences' emotions, triggering reactions from critics who accuse them of neglecting listeners' intellects. Millie focused specifically on the listening routines that enliven everyday life for Muslims in all social spaces-imagine the hardworking preachers who make Sunday worship enjoyable for rural as well as urban Americans-and who captivate audiences with skills that attract criticism from more formal interpreters of Islam. The ethnography is rich and full of insightful observations and details. Hearing Allah's Call will appeal to students of the practice of anthropology as well as all those intrigued by contemporary Islam.

Islamic preaching --- Islam and culture --- Ethnology --- #SBIB:39A10 --- #SBIB:39A75 --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Culture and Islam --- Culture --- Islamic civilization --- Muslim preaching --- Preaching, Islamic --- Preaching --- Antropologie: religie, riten, magie, hekserij --- Etnografie: Azië --- Bandung (Indonesia) --- Bandong (Indonesia) --- Bandoeng (Indonesia) --- Bāndūnj (Indonesia) --- Kota Bandung (Indonesia) --- Kotamadya Bandung (Indonesia) --- Kotapradja Bandung (Indonesia) --- Religious life and customs.

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Islamic Studies, Islamic Education, Social Religion, Religion and Culture, General Education and Philosophy of Religion.

Islam and culture --- Islam --- Islamic civilization --- Islamic philosophy --- Islamic education --- Social aspects --- Study and teaching --- Education, Islamic --- Education, Muslim --- Muslim education --- Education --- Arabic philosophy --- Muslim philosophy --- Philosophy, Islamic --- Philosophy, Arab --- Civilization, Islamic --- Muslim civilization --- Civilization --- Civilization, Arab --- Mohammedanism --- Muhammadanism --- Muslimism --- Mussulmanism --- Religions --- Muslims --- Culture and Islam --- Culture --- Islam and culture. --- Islamic education. --- Islamic philosophy. --- Social aspects. --- Study and teaching.