Islam in Indonesia : : Contrasting Images and Interpretations / / ed. by Kees van Dijk, Jajat Burhanudin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Abdullah, Taufik,; Azra, Azyumardi,; Burhani, Ahmad Najib,; Dijk, Kees van,; Doorn-Harder, Pieternella van,; Feillard, Andre´e,; Hefner, Robert W.,; Latief, Hilman,; Nurlaelawati, Euis,; Nurmila, Nina,; Rosidin, Didin Nurul,; Safitri, Dian Maya,; Sunarwoto,,; Widiyanto, Asfa,; Zuhri, Syaifudin,
• HerausgeberIn: Burhanudin, Jajat,; van Dijk, Kees,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: ICAS Publications ; 16
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 p.)

While Muslims in Indonesia have begun to turn towards a strict adherence to Islam, the reality of the socio-religious environment is much more complicated than a simple shift towards fundamentalism. In this volume, contributors explore the multifaceted role of Islam in Indonesia from a variety of di...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Comparing different streams of Islam. Wrestling with words and definitions
• 2. Defining Indonesian Islam. An examination of the construction of the national Islamic identity of traditionalist and modernist Muslims
• 3. Indonesia in the global scheme of Islamic things. Sustaining the virtuous circle of education, associations and democracy
• 4. Distinguishing Indonesian Islam. Some lessons to learn
• 5. Islam, state and society in democratising Indonesia. A historical reflection
• 6. The politics of piety in the Pondok Pesantren. Khusus Waria Al-Fattah Senin-Kamis Yogyakarta. Negotiating the Islamic religious embodiment
• 7. The Indonesian Muslim feminist reinterpretation of inheritance
• 8. Managing familial issues. Unique features of legal reform in Indonesia
• 9. A new generation of feminists within traditional Islam. An Indonesian exception
• 10. Religious pluralism and contested religious authority in contemporary Indonesian Islam
• 11. Islam and humanitarian affairs. The middle class and new patterns of social activism
• 12. Dakwah radio in Surakarta. A contest for Islamic identity
• 13. Muslim fundamentalism in educational institutions. A case study of Rohani Islam in high schools in Cirebon
• 14. Majlis Tafsir Al-Qur’an and its struggle for Islamic reformism
• Glossary
• About the editors and contributors
• Bibliography
• Index