{"product_id":"ritual-and-social-dynamics-in-ruth-conrad-9781350408883","title":"Ritual and Social Dynamics in Christian and Islamic Preaching","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian and Islamic sermons from past and present, and their preachers, are analyzed \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eto reveal the socio-cultural dynamics of religious speeches.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart I focuses on the explicit contribution of sermons in socio-cultural transformation processes. It shows how sermons connect with holy texts, religious norms of the specific group, and social-cultural contexts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart II analyzes the dynamic tension between normativity and popularity. Rather than juxtaposing normative stances and the popularity of sermons, it shows how that normativity can itself contribute to popularity and the quest of popularity carries its own normative stances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart III explores the ritual embeddedness of religious speech in the sermon in relation to social dynamics, normativity, and popularity, and shows how speech and rituals have a reciprocal relationship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Conrad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350408883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350408883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.47d","brand":"Ruth Conrad","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47136424722687,"sku":"9781350408883","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af2edecd-9bfd-4a3c-8993-21ac2b965f98.jpg?v=1755023300","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ritual-and-social-dynamics-in-ruth-conrad-9781350408883","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}