The Role of Culture and Religion in Shaping Emotional Experience: An Exploration of Kushu' in Islamic Prayer.

This essay uses autoethnography to examine how Islam shapes emotional experiences in the prayer ritual, focusing on kushu': an emotion described as a state of fear, reverence, humility, and awe. Drawing on Hochschild's (1983) theory of emotional labor, I argue that kushu' is cultivated through emoti...

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Publicado en:Journal of Communication & Religion Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 19 - 31
Autor principal: Boudreaux, JoAnna
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Publicado: Religious Communication Association Winter2025
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