Islamisk predikan på ljudkassett : en studie i retorik och fonogramologi

Sammanfattning: The dissertation deals with Islamic preaching in theory and practice, with special focus on material recorded and published in the format of audiotapes/cassettes. One aim is to explore possible implications of the use of this special format of publication in the context of Islamic preaching. How is this new format of publication to be understood in relation to the norms regulating the activity of preaching in Arabo-Islamic tradition? As an empirical phenomenon, Islamic preaching on audiocassette also have bearing on more general issues concerning the difference between speech and writing. By highlighting the format of publication as an instance of recorded speech, the dissertation aims at contributing to what might be termed a ?phonogramology?, i.e. the study of audiomedia and its special characteristics. The primary material consists of four publications: ?al-Hadith ?an Yawm al-Qiy