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As the forces of globalisation and modernisation buffet Islam and other world religions, Indonesia's 200 million Muslims are expressing their faith in ever more complex ways. Celebrity television preachers, internet fatwa services, mass religious rallies in soccer stadiums, glossy jihadist magazines, Islamic medical treatments, alms giving via mobile phone and electronic sharia banking services are just some of the manifestations of a more consumer-oriented approach to Islam which interact with and sometimes replace other, more traditional expressions of the faith. This book examines some of the myriad ways in which Islam is being expressed in contemporary Indonesian life and politics. Authored by leading authorities on Indonesian Islam, it gives fascinating insights into such topics as the marketisation of Islam, contemporary pilgrimage, the rise of mass preachers, gender and Islamic politics, online fatwa, current trends among Islamist vigilante and criminal groups, and recent developments in Islamic banking and microfinance.
Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 1998. --- Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 20th century. --- Islam -- Economic aspects -- Indonesia. --- Islam -- Indonesia. --- Islam and politics -- Indonesia -- History. --- Islam and politics --- Islam --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- East Asia --- History --- Economic aspects --- Mohammedanism --- Muhammadanism --- Muslimism --- Mussulmanism --- Politics and Islam --- Political aspects --- History. --- Indonesia --- Politics and government --- Political science --- Religions --- Muslims
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Although Indonesia has the fourth largest population in the world, its history is still relatively unfamiliar and understudied. Guided by the life and writings of the country's most famous author, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Adrian Vickers takes the reader on a journey across the social and political landscape of twentieth-century Indonesia in this innovative and timely account. He begins by explaining the country's origins under the Dutch in the early part of that century, the subsequent anti-colonial struggle and revolution which led to independence in 1949. Thereafter the spotlight is on the 1950s, a crucial period in the formation of Indonesia as a new nation, which was followed by the Sukarno years, and the anti-communist massacres of the 1960s when General Suharto took over as president. The concluding chapters chart the fall of Suharto's New Order after thirty two years in power, and the subsequent political and religious turmoil which culminated in the Bali bombings in 2002. Drawing on insights from literature, art and anthropology, Adrian Vickers portrays a complex and resilient people borne out of a troubled past.
959.4 --- 959.4 Geschiedenis van Indonesië --- Geschiedenis van Indonesië --- Indonesia --- History --- Politics and government --- S31/0400 --- Indo China and South East Asia--South East Asia general (Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Burma, Papua New Guinea) --- Indonésie --- Histoire --- Politique et gouvernement --- 5.580. --- Arts and Humanities --- Indonesia - History - 20th century --- Indonesia - Politics and government - 20th century
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