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In this incisive new book, Megan Brankley Abbas argues that the Western university has emerged as a significant space for producing Islamic knowledge and Muslim religious authority. For generations, Indonesia's foremost Muslim leaders received their educations in Middle Eastern madrasas or the archipelago's own Islamic schools. Starting in the mid-twentieth century, however, growing numbers traveled to the West to study Islam before returning home to assume positions of political and religious influence. Whose Islam? examines the far-reaching repercussions of this change for major Muslim communities as well as for Islamic studies as an academic discipline. As Abbas details, this entanglement between Western academia and Indonesian Islam has not only forged powerful new transnational networks but also disrupted prevailing modes of authority in both spheres. For Muslim intellectuals, studying Islam in Western universities provides opportunities to experiment with academic disciplines and to reimagine the faith, but it also raises troubling questions about whether and how to protect the Islamic tradition from Western encroachment. For Western academics, these connections raise pressing ethical questions about their own roles in the global politics of development and Islamic religious reform. Drawing on extensive archival research from around the globe, Whose Islam? provides a unique perspective on the perennial tensions between insiders and outsiders in religious studies.

Islam --- History --- Islamic education. --- Islamic modernism. --- academic imperialism. --- insider-outsider problem. --- objectivity. --- religious authority. --- transnationalism.

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Hindu women saints --- Gurus --- Women in Hinduism --- Hindu devotion --- a guru as the embodiment of the divine --- gender discrimination --- the historical emergence of female gurus --- female religious authority

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This book interrogates the contributions that religious traditions have made to climate change discussions within Africa, whether positive or negative. Drawing on a range of African contexts and religious traditions, the book provides concrete suggestions on how individuals and communities of faith must act in order to address the challenge of climate change. Despite the fact that Africa has contributed relatively little to historic carbon emissions, the continent will be affected disproportionally by the increasing impact of anthropogenic climate change. Contributors to this book provide a range of rich case studies to investigate how religious traditions such as Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and indigenous faiths influence the worldviews and actions of their adherents. The chapters also interrogate how the moral authority and leadership provided by religion can be used to respond and adapt to the challenges posed by climate change. Topics covered include risk reduction and resilience, youth movements, indigenous knowledge systems, environmental degradation, gender perspectives, ecological theories, and climate change financing. This book will be of interest to scholars in diverse fields, including religious studies, sociology, political science, climate change and environmental humanities. It may also benefit practitioners involved in solving community challenges related to climate change.

Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African Studies --- Social sciences --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- christianity --- environment --- indigenous religion --- islam --- religious authority --- Africa --- Religion. --- Religious life and customs. --- Environmental conditions. --- Eastern Hemisphere

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religion --- religious conflicts --- religious intolerance --- religion and politics --- God --- the psychology of control --- belief systems --- free will --- predestination --- religious authority --- cults --- high control groups --- cognitive dissonance --- social behaviorism --- atheism --- evolution --- paganism --- secularism --- humanism --- symbolism --- thought processing --- scripture --- Allah --- Jinn

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Religious ethics --- Religions. --- Comparative studies. --- Ethics --- Ethics [Religious ] --- Ethiek --- Ethiek [Godsdienstige ] --- Ethique --- Ethique religieuse --- Godsdienstige ethiek --- Godsdienstige moraal --- Moraal [Godsdienstige ] --- Morale religieuse --- 291.5 --- Religions --- -Comparative religion --- Denominations, Religious --- Religion, Comparative --- Religions, Comparative --- Religious denominations --- World religions --- Civilization --- Gods --- Religion --- 291.5 Godsdienstwetenschap: moraal; religieuze wet; zedelijk ideaal; religieuze plichten --- Godsdienstwetenschap: moraal; religieuze wet; zedelijk ideaal; religieuze plichten --- Comparative studies --- Comparative religion --- Religious ethics - Comparative studies. --- religion --- religious tradition --- religious ethics --- euthanasia --- marriage --- religious communities --- religious identity --- religious authority --- religious values