Podcasts about mystical song

Television drama writer Leah Benavides (The Arrangement) unveils her past life as a singer and the most important yet unexplainable vocal performance of her life, a song for her grandma. “To me, and I don’t think she’ll be embarrassed by me saying this publicly, but Leah is a boss.  She’s that gritty coach that goes … Continue reading #11: A Mystical Song for Grandma by Leah Benavides

Television drama writer Leah Benavides (The Arrangement) unveils her past life as a singer and the most important yet unexplainable vocal performance of her life, a song for her grandma. “To me, and I don’t think she’ll be embarrassed by me saying this publicly, but Leah is a boss.  She’s that gritty coach that goes … Continue reading #11: A Mystical Song for Grandma by Leah Benavides

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. See more at: http://divinity.uchicago.edu/Mellon-Islamic-Studies-Initiative2 Sufism today has gained widespread interest mainly through its music and poetry, but also through its contrast with orthodox scriptural Islam. Sufism stands for an inclusive Islam focused on personal love of God and spiritual guidance within a wide range of devotional practices. Music and mystical poetry are the sonic embodiment of Sufism and its worldwide placeholder in the search for spiritual goals. Sufi, thus, can designate a broader spectrum of vernacular devotional and ritual identities. The core idea for this workshop allows us to approach this near-global vogue of a Sufi Imaginary through its music. “Islam and Sufism” also brings into conversation a range of ideascapes and practices, from the traditional South Asian spiritual lineages to a new generation of Muslim popular culture. Sufi music is founded in ritual and its constraints, but its practice is also open to creative agency. Reaching for the gift of the sublime enables embodied engagement on multiple levels—through rhythm, repetition of words, even ecstatic dance, to reach for the gift of the sublime, individually or collectively. Panel 1: The Sublime and Music: Islam and the West Regula Qureshi and Philip V. Bohlman in Conversation Discussant: Michael Sells Recitation and Discussion of Poetry Michael Sells, Love Lyrics of Ibn al-Farid and Ibn al-`Arabi Saleem Qureshi, Sublime Rebellion: Iqbal's Urdu and Farsi Verse Chair: Thibaut d'Hubert Colloquy 1 Deborah A. Kapchan, Witnessing the Sublime: Sufi Samaa in Secular France Moderator: Hakan Karateke Music and Sublime Across the Muslim World Bertie Kibreah, Sufi Tattva: The Sound and Space of Mystical Song in Bangladesh Shayna Silverstein, Performing Sacred Popular: Syrian Sufi Dance as National Heritage Michael O’Toole, Staging the Sublime: Music and Islam on Stage in Germany Lauren Osborne, Locating Experience and Emotion in the Recited Qur'an Moderator: Marcia K. Hermansen The Labor of Sublimity: A Conversation Kaley Mason, Robert L. Kendrick, Regula Qureshi Colloquy 2 Peter L. Manuel, Qawwali as the Anti-Sublime Moderator: Regula Qureshi

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. See more at: http://divinity.uchicago.edu/Mellon-Islamic-Studies-Initiative2 Sufism today has gained widespread interest mainly through its music and poetry, but also through its contrast with orthodox scriptural Islam. Sufism stands for an inclusive Islam focused on personal love of God and spiritual guidance within a wide range of devotional practices. Music and mystical poetry are the sonic embodiment of Sufism and its worldwide placeholder in the search for spiritual goals. Sufi, thus, can designate a broader spectrum of vernacular devotional and ritual identities. The core idea for this workshop allows us to approach this near-global vogue of a Sufi Imaginary through its music. “Islam and Sufism” also brings into conversation a range of ideascapes and practices, from the traditional South Asian spiritual lineages to a new generation of Muslim popular culture. Sufi music is founded in ritual and its constraints, but its practice is also open to creative agency. Reaching for the gift of the sublime enables embodied engagement on multiple levels—through rhythm, repetition of words, even ecstatic dance, to reach for the gift of the sublime, individually or collectively. Panel 1: The Sublime and Music: Islam and the West Regula Qureshi and Philip V. Bohlman in Conversation Discussant: Michael Sells Recitation and Discussion of Poetry Michael Sells, Love Lyrics of Ibn al-Farid and Ibn al-`Arabi Saleem Qureshi, Sublime Rebellion: Iqbal's Urdu and Farsi Verse Chair: Thibaut d'Hubert Colloquy 1 Deborah A. Kapchan, Witnessing the Sublime: Sufi Samaa in Secular France Moderator: Hakan Karateke Music and Sublime Across the Muslim World Bertie Kibreah, Sufi Tattva: The Sound and Space of Mystical Song in Bangladesh Shayna Silverstein, Performing Sacred Popular: Syrian Sufi Dance as National Heritage Michael O’Toole, Staging the Sublime: Music and Islam on Stage in Germany Lauren Osborne, Locating Experience and Emotion in the Recited Qur'an Moderator: Marcia K. Hermansen The Labor of Sublimity: A Conversation Kaley Mason, Robert L. Kendrick, Regula Qureshi Colloquy 2 Peter L. Manuel, Qawwali as the Anti-Sublime Moderator: Regula Qureshi

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. See more at: http://divinity.uchicago.edu/Mellon-Islamic-Studies-Initiative2 Sufism today has gained widespread interest mainly through its music and poetry, but also through its contrast with orthodox scriptural Islam. Sufism stands for an inclusive Islam focused on personal love of God and spiritual guidance within a wide range of devotional practices. Music and mystical poetry are the sonic embodiment of Sufism and its worldwide placeholder in the search for spiritual goals. Sufi, thus, can designate a broader spectrum of vernacular devotional and ritual identities. The core idea for this workshop allows us to approach this near-global vogue of a Sufi Imaginary through its music. “Islam and Sufism” also brings into conversation a range of ideascapes and practices, from the traditional South Asian spiritual lineages to a new generation of Muslim popular culture. Sufi music is founded in ritual and its constraints, but its practice is also open to creative agency. Reaching for the gift of the sublime enables embodied engagement on multiple levels—through rhythm, repetition of words, even ecstatic dance, to reach for the gift of the sublime, individually or collectively. Panel 1: The Sublime and Music: Islam and the West Regula Qureshi and Philip V. Bohlman in Conversation Discussant: Michael Sells Recitation and Discussion of Poetry Michael Sells, Love Lyrics of Ibn al-Farid and Ibn al-`Arabi Saleem Qureshi, Sublime Rebellion: Iqbal's Urdu and Farsi Verse Chair: Thibaut d'Hubert Colloquy 1 Deborah A. Kapchan, Witnessing the Sublime: Sufi Samaa in Secular France Moderator: Hakan Karateke Music and Sublime Across the Muslim World Bertie Kibreah, Sufi Tattva: The Sound and Space of Mystical Song in Bangladesh Shayna Silverstein, Performing Sacred Popular: Syrian Sufi Dance as National Heritage Michael O’Toole, Staging the Sublime: Music and Islam on Stage in Germany Lauren Osborne, Locating Experience and Emotion in the Recited Qur'an Moderator: Marcia K. Hermansen The Labor of Sublimity: A Conversation Kaley Mason, Robert L. Kendrick, Regula Qureshi Colloquy 2 Peter L. Manuel, Qawwali as the Anti-Sublime Moderator: Regula Qureshi

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. See more at: http://divinity.uchicago.edu/Mellon-Islamic-Studies-Initiative2 Sufism today has gained widespread interest mainly through its music and poetry, but also through its contrast with orthodox scriptural Islam. Sufism stands for an inclusive Islam focused on personal love of God and spiritual guidance within a wide range of devotional practices. Music and mystical poetry are the sonic embodiment of Sufism and its worldwide placeholder in the search for spiritual goals. Sufi, thus, can designate a broader spectrum of vernacular devotional and ritual identities. The core idea for this workshop allows us to approach this near-global vogue of a Sufi Imaginary through its music. “Islam and Sufism” also brings into conversation a range of ideascapes and practices, from the traditional South Asian spiritual lineages to a new generation of Muslim popular culture. Sufi music is founded in ritual and its constraints, but its practice is also open to creative agency. Reaching for the gift of the sublime enables embodied engagement on multiple levels—through rhythm, repetition of words, even ecstatic dance, to reach for the gift of the sublime, individually or collectively. Panel 1: The Sublime and Music: Islam and the West Regula Qureshi and Philip V. Bohlman in Conversation Discussant: Michael Sells Recitation and Discussion of Poetry Michael Sells, Love Lyrics of Ibn al-Farid and Ibn al-`Arabi Saleem Qureshi, Sublime Rebellion: Iqbal's Urdu and Farsi Verse Chair: Thibaut d'Hubert Colloquy 1 Deborah A. Kapchan, Witnessing the Sublime: Sufi Samaa in Secular France Moderator: Hakan Karateke Music and Sublime Across the Muslim World Bertie Kibreah, Sufi Tattva: The Sound and Space of Mystical Song in Bangladesh Shayna Silverstein, Performing Sacred Popular: Syrian Sufi Dance as National Heritage Michael O’Toole, Staging the Sublime: Music and Islam on Stage in Germany Lauren Osborne, Locating Experience and Emotion in the Recited Qur'an Moderator: Marcia K. Hermansen The Labor of Sublimity: A Conversation Kaley Mason, Robert L. Kendrick, Regula Qureshi Colloquy 2 Peter L. Manuel, Qawwali as the Anti-Sublime Moderator: Regula Qureshi

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. See more at: http://divinity.uchicago.edu/Mellon-Islamic-Studies-Initiative2 Sufism today has gained widespread interest mainly through its music and poetry, but also through its contrast with orthodox scriptural Islam. Sufism stands for an inclusive Islam focused on personal love of God and spiritual guidance within a wide range of devotional practices. Music and mystical poetry are the sonic embodiment of Sufism and its worldwide placeholder in the search for spiritual goals. Sufi, thus, can designate a broader spectrum of vernacular devotional and ritual identities. The core idea for this workshop allows us to approach this near-global vogue of a Sufi Imaginary through its music. “Islam and Sufism” also brings into conversation a range of ideascapes and practices, from the traditional South Asian spiritual lineages to a new generation of Muslim popular culture. Sufi music is founded in ritual and its constraints, but its practice is also open to creative agency. Reaching for the gift of the sublime enables embodied engagement on multiple levels—through rhythm, repetition of words, even ecstatic dance, to reach for the gift of the sublime, individually or collectively. Panel 1: The Sublime and Music: Islam and the West Regula Qureshi and Philip V. Bohlman in Conversation Discussant: Michael Sells Recitation and Discussion of Poetry Michael Sells, Love Lyrics of Ibn al-Farid and Ibn al-`Arabi Saleem Qureshi, Sublime Rebellion: Iqbal's Urdu and Farsi Verse Chair: Thibaut d'Hubert Colloquy 1 Deborah A. Kapchan, Witnessing the Sublime: Sufi Samaa in Secular France Moderator: Hakan Karateke Music and Sublime Across the Muslim World Bertie Kibreah, Sufi Tattva: The Sound and Space of Mystical Song in Bangladesh Shayna Silverstein, Performing Sacred Popular: Syrian Sufi Dance as National Heritage Michael O’Toole, Staging the Sublime: Music and Islam on Stage in Germany Lauren Osborne, Locating Experience and Emotion in the Recited Qur'an Moderator: Marcia K. Hermansen The Labor of Sublimity: A Conversation Kaley Mason, Robert L. Kendrick, Regula Qureshi Colloquy 2 Peter L. Manuel, Qawwali as the Anti-Sublime Moderator: Regula Qureshi

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. See more at: http://divinity.uchicago.edu/Mellon-Islamic-Studies-Initiative2 Sufism today has gained widespread interest mainly through its music and poetry, but also through its contrast with orthodox scriptural Islam. Sufism stands for an inclusive Islam focused on personal love of God and spiritual guidance within a wide range of devotional practices. Music and mystical poetry are the sonic embodiment of Sufism and its worldwide placeholder in the search for spiritual goals. Sufi, thus, can designate a broader spectrum of vernacular devotional and ritual identities. The core idea for this workshop allows us to approach this near-global vogue of a Sufi Imaginary through its music. “Islam and Sufism” also brings into conversation a range of ideascapes and practices, from the traditional South Asian spiritual lineages to a new generation of Muslim popular culture. Sufi music is founded in ritual and its constraints, but its practice is also open to creative agency. Reaching for the gift of the sublime enables embodied engagement on multiple levels—through rhythm, repetition of words, even ecstatic dance, to reach for the gift of the sublime, individually or collectively. Panel 1: The Sublime and Music: Islam and the West Regula Qureshi and Philip V. Bohlman in Conversation Discussant: Michael Sells Recitation and Discussion of Poetry Michael Sells, Love Lyrics of Ibn al-Farid and Ibn al-`Arabi Saleem Qureshi, Sublime Rebellion: Iqbal's Urdu and Farsi Verse Chair: Thibaut d'Hubert Colloquy 1 Deborah A. Kapchan, Witnessing the Sublime: Sufi Samaa in Secular France Moderator: Hakan Karateke Music and Sublime Across the Muslim World Bertie Kibreah, Sufi Tattva: The Sound and Space of Mystical Song in Bangladesh Shayna Silverstein, Performing Sacred Popular: Syrian Sufi Dance as National Heritage Michael O’Toole, Staging the Sublime: Music and Islam on Stage in Germany Lauren Osborne, Locating Experience and Emotion in the Recited Qur'an Moderator: Marcia K. Hermansen The Labor of Sublimity: A Conversation Kaley Mason, Robert L. Kendrick, Regula Qureshi Colloquy 2 Peter L. Manuel, Qawwali as the Anti-Sublime Moderator: Regula Qureshi

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. See more at: http://divinity.uchicago.edu/Mellon-Islamic-Studies-Initiative2 Sufism today has gained widespread interest mainly through its music and poetry, but also through its contrast with orthodox scriptural Islam. Sufism stands for an inclusive Islam focused on personal love of God and spiritual guidance within a wide range of devotional practices. Music and mystical poetry are the sonic embodiment of Sufism and its worldwide placeholder in the search for spiritual goals. Sufi, thus, can designate a broader spectrum of vernacular devotional and ritual identities. The core idea for this workshop allows us to approach this near-global vogue of a Sufi Imaginary through its music. “Islam and Sufism” also brings into conversation a range of ideascapes and practices, from the traditional South Asian spiritual lineages to a new generation of Muslim popular culture. Sufi music is founded in ritual and its constraints, but its practice is also open to creative agency. Reaching for the gift of the sublime enables embodied engagement on multiple levels—through rhythm, repetition of words, even ecstatic dance, to reach for the gift of the sublime, individually or collectively. Panel 1: The Sublime and Music: Islam and the West Regula Qureshi and Philip V. Bohlman in Conversation Discussant: Michael Sells Recitation and Discussion of Poetry Michael Sells, Love Lyrics of Ibn al-Farid and Ibn al-`Arabi Saleem Qureshi, Sublime Rebellion: Iqbal's Urdu and Farsi Verse Chair: Thibaut d'Hubert Colloquy 1 Deborah A. Kapchan, Witnessing the Sublime: Sufi Samaa in Secular France Moderator: Hakan Karateke Music and Sublime Across the Muslim World Bertie Kibreah, Sufi Tattva: The Sound and Space of Mystical Song in Bangladesh Shayna Silverstein, Performing Sacred Popular: Syrian Sufi Dance as National Heritage Michael O’Toole, Staging the Sublime: Music and Islam on Stage in Germany Lauren Osborne, Locating Experience and Emotion in the Recited Qur'an Moderator: Marcia K. Hermansen The Labor of Sublimity: A Conversation Kaley Mason, Robert L. Kendrick, Regula Qureshi Colloquy 2 Peter L. Manuel, Qawwali as the Anti-Sublime Moderator: Regula Qureshi

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. See more at: http://divinity.uchicago.edu/Mellon-Islamic-Studies-Initiative2 Sufism today has gained widespread interest mainly through its music and poetry, but also through its contrast with orthodox scriptural Islam. Sufism stands for an inclusive Islam focused on personal love of God and spiritual guidance within a wide range of devotional practices. Music and mystical poetry are the sonic embodiment of Sufism and its worldwide placeholder in the search for spiritual goals. Sufi, thus, can designate a broader spectrum of vernacular devotional and ritual identities. The core idea for this workshop allows us to approach this near-global vogue of a Sufi Imaginary through its music. “Islam and Sufism” also brings into conversation a range of ideascapes and practices, from the traditional South Asian spiritual lineages to a new generation of Muslim popular culture. Sufi music is founded in ritual and its constraints, but its practice is also open to creative agency. Reaching for the gift of the sublime enables embodied engagement on multiple levels—through rhythm, repetition of words, even ecstatic dance, to reach for the gift of the sublime, individually or collectively. Panel 1: The Sublime and Music: Islam and the West Regula Qureshi and Philip V. Bohlman in Conversation Discussant: Michael Sells Recitation and Discussion of Poetry Michael Sells, Love Lyrics of Ibn al-Farid and Ibn al-`Arabi Saleem Qureshi, Sublime Rebellion: Iqbal's Urdu and Farsi Verse Chair: Thibaut d'Hubert Colloquy 1 Deborah A. Kapchan, Witnessing the Sublime: Sufi Samaa in Secular France Moderator: Hakan Karateke Music and Sublime Across the Muslim World Bertie Kibreah, Sufi Tattva: The Sound and Space of Mystical Song in Bangladesh Shayna Silverstein, Performing Sacred Popular: Syrian Sufi Dance as National Heritage Michael O’Toole, Staging the Sublime: Music and Islam on Stage in Germany Lauren Osborne, Locating Experience and Emotion in the Recited Qur'an Moderator: Marcia K. Hermansen The Labor of Sublimity: A Conversation Kaley Mason, Robert L. Kendrick, Regula Qureshi Colloquy 2 Peter L. Manuel, Qawwali as the Anti-Sublime Moderator: Regula Qureshi