Religion Out Loud: Religious Sound, Public Space, and American Pluralism

Noise marked the limit of what could be tolerated" (5). [...]loud" religion is not simply measured in terms of decibels (though that may be part of the ascription of noisiness), but across other, multiple dimensions such as intelligibility, location, and perceived temporal and spatial appr...

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Published in:Anthropological Quarterly 2015, Vol.88 (1), p.213-217
Main Author: Porcello, Thomas
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Ascription
Bells
Dreiser, Theodore (1871-1945)
Episcopal churches
Intelligibility
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Noise
Public spaces
Religion
Sound
Space
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Summary:Noise marked the limit of what could be tolerated" (5). [...]loud" religion is not simply measured in terms of decibels (though that may be part of the ascription of noisiness), but across other, multiple dimensions such as intelligibility, location, and perceived temporal and spatial appropriateness. [...]the court issued a restraining injunction that severely limited the times that the bells could be rung, a decision that set precedent for the law to "disciplin[e] religious adherents into practicing more restrained forms of piety that were thought to be conducive to maintaining public order" (73).
ISSN:0003-5491
1534-1518
DOI:10.1353/anq.2015.0007