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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 concentrated on the purely local aspects of culture, this book captures and analyzes the tension between the local and universal in everyday life. Current religious differences among the Gayo stem from debates between "traditionalist" and "modernist" scholars that began in the 1930s, and reveal themselves in the ways Gayo discuss and perform worship, sacrifice, healing, and rites of birth and death, all within an Islamic framework. Bowen considers the power these debates accord to language, especially in arguments over spells, rites of farming, hunting, and healing. Moreover, he traces in these debates a general conception of transacting with spirits that has shaped Gayo practices of sacrifice, worship, and aiding the dead. Bowen concludes by examining the development of competing religious ideas in the highlands, the alternative ritual forms and ideas they have pro-mulgated, and the implications of this phenomenon for the emergence of an Islamic public sphere.

Gayos (Indonesian people) --- Religious life and customs --- Islam --- Indonesia --- Sumatra (Indonesia) --- Social life and customs --- Gayos (Indonesian people) - Religious life and customs. --- Islam - Indonesia - Sumatra. --- Sumatra (Indonesia) - Social life and customs. --- Gayo (Indonesian people) --- Mohammedanism --- Muhammadanism --- Muslimism --- Mussulmanism --- Religions --- Muslims --- Gajo (Indonesian people) --- Ethnology --- Religious life and customs. --- Andalas (Indonesia) --- Andalus (Indonesia) --- Pulau Sumatera (Indonesia) --- Sumatera (Indonesia) --- Greater Sunda Islands --- Social life and customs. --- Gayos (peuple d'Indonesie) --- Religieuze aspecten. --- Gayo. --- Riten. --- Islam. --- Religiöses Leben --- Religionssoziologie --- Gayo --- Manners and customs. --- Gayo (Peuple d'Indonesie) --- Islam - Indonesie - Sumatra. --- Gayo (Peuple d'Indonesie) - Vie religieuse. --- Ceremonies --- Customs, Social --- Folkways --- Social customs --- Traditions --- Usages --- Civilization --- Etiquette --- Rites and ceremonies --- Moeurs et coutumes. --- Vie religieuse. --- Gayos (Peuple d'Indonesie) --- Sumatra (Indonesie) --- Sumatra --- Sumatra (Indonesie) - Moeurs et coutumes. --- Dutch East Indies --- Endonèsie --- Indanezii︠a︡ --- Indoneshia --- Indoneshia Kyōwakoku --- Indonesië --- Indonesya --- Indonezia --- Indonezii︠a︡ --- Indonezija --- İndoneziya --- İndoneziya Respublikası --- Indūnīsīyā --- Induonezėjė --- Jumhūrīyah Indūnīsīyā --- PDRI (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia) --- Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia --- R.I. (Republik Indonesia) --- Republic of Indonesia --- Republic of the United States of Indonesia --- Republica d'Indonesia --- Republiek van Indonesië --- Republik Indonesia --- Republik Indonesia Serikat --- Republika Indonezii︠a︡ --- Republika Indonezija --- Rėspublika Indanezii︠a︡ --- RI (Republik Indonesia) --- United States of Indonesia --- Yinni --- Рэспубліка Інданезія --- Република Индонезия --- Индонезия --- Інданезія --- إندونيسيا --- جمهورية إندونيسيا --- インドネシア --- インドネシア共和国 --- Gajo --- Religion --- Muslim --- Islamische Staaten --- Spezielle Soziologie --- Kirchliches Leben --- Gajo (peuple d'Indonésie) --- Gayos (peuple d'Indonésie) --- Orang Gayo (peuple d'Indonésie) --- Alas --- Ethnologie --- Et l'islam --- Mahométisme --- Femmes et islam --- Interprétations islamiques --- Yézidisme --- Islam et droit --- Ésotérisme islamique --- Islam et laïcité --- Islamophobie --- Musique --- Musulmans --- Presse islamique --- Autorités religieuses --- Califat --- Imāmat --- Liberté d'expression dans l'Islam --- Mahdisme --- Médecine --- Modernisme islamique --- Morale islamique --- Chiisme --- Prédication --- Prophètes pré-islamiques --- Renouveau religieux --- Sectes islamiques --- Soufisme --- Sunna --- Sunnisme --- Symbolisme islamique --- Umma --- Vie religieuse --- Civilisation islamique --- Confréries musulmanes --- Dār al-ḥarb --- Dār al-Islām --- Démonologie islamique --- Dieu --- Foi --- Religions abrahamiques --- Soziologie --- peuple d'Indonésie --- Doctrines --- Réforme --- Sumatera --- Insel --- Große Sundainseln --- Sumatera (Indonésie) --- Padang Lawas (Indonésie) --- Aceh (Indonésie) --- Bengkulu (Indonésie ; province) --- Lampung (Indonésie) --- Minangkabau (Indonésie) --- Barus (Indonésie) --- Jambi (Indonésie ; province) --- Indonésie --- Sonde, Grandes îles de la --- Acehnese language. --- Acehnese. --- Adam. --- Afterbirth. --- Alimin. --- Bani, Aman. --- Books, religious. --- Children of pious deeds. --- Clever Chief. --- Combs-Schilling, Elaine. --- Darul Islam. --- Debates. --- Dewi, Aman. --- Education. --- Faith. --- Fasting. --- Funerals. --- Gayo region. --- Graham, William. --- Hamzah Fansuri. --- Healers. --- Hunting. --- Incense. --- Indonesian state. --- Islamicate culture. --- Java. --- Jukri, Aman. --- Karo Batak. --- Kebayakan. --- Law, on sorcery. --- Letter symbolism. --- Lord of the Fields. --- Lukman. --- Masyumi. --- Mecca. --- Meditation. --- Minangkabau. --- Mosque. --- Nationalism. --- New Guinea. --- PERTI. --- Polytheism. --- Public sphere. --- Rationalization. --- Reason. --- Ritual. --- Sacrifice. --- Satan. --- Siblingship. --- Tengku. --- Ulama. --- Weber, Max. --- Yunus, H. Mahmud. --- Zakāt.