Muslims through Discourse : : Religion and Ritual in Gayo Society / / John R. Bowen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Bowen, John R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)

In this rich account of a Muslim society in highland Sumatra, Indonesia, John Bowen describes how men and women debate among themselves ideas of what Islam is and should be--as it pertains to all areas of their lives, from work to worship. Whereas many previous anthropological studies have concentra...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Note on Transcription
• PART ONE: A Genealogy of Divergent Understandings
• Chapter One Introduction
• Chapter Two Religious Disputes in Takèngēn
• Chapter Three Islamic Knowledge in the Highlands, 1900-1990
• PART TWO: Powerful Speech and Spirit Transactions
• Chapter Four Spells, Prayer, and the Power of Words
• Chapter Five The Source of Human Powers in History
• Chapter Six The Healer's Struggle
• Chapter Seven Exorcism and Accountability
• Chapter Eight Farming, Ancestors, and the Sacred Landscape
• Chapter Nine Adam and Eve's Children
• PART THREE Negotiating Public Rituals
• Chapter Ten Transacting through Food: The Kenduri and Its Critics
• Chapter Eleven Speaking for the Dead
• Chapter Twelve Sacrifice, Merit, and Self-Interest
• Chapter Thirteen Worship and Public Life
• Chapter Fourteen The Social Forms of Religious Change
• Glossary of Gayo and Arabic Terms
• Bibliography
• Index