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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452091003321

Autore

Feener R. Michael

Titolo

Muslim legal thought in modern Indonesia / / R. Michael Feener [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-107-18318-9

1-281-08500-6

9786611085001

1-139-13315-2

0-511-34189-X

0-511-49554-4

0-511-34135-0

0-511-34077-X

0-511-34242-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 270 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

340.5909598

Soggetti

Islamic law - Indonesia

Indonesia Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Technology, training and cultural transformation -- The open gate of ijtihād -- An "Indonesian madhhab" -- Sharī'a Islam in a Pancasila nation -- New Muslim intellectuals and the "re-actualization" of Islam -- The new ulamā -- Next generation fiqh?

Sommario/riassunto

Indonesia has been home to some of the most vibrant and complex developments in modern Islamic thought anywhere in the world. Nevertheless little is known or understood about these developments outside South East Asia. By considering the work of the leading Indonesian thinkers of the twentieth century, Michael Feener, an intellectual authority in the area, offers a cogent critique of this diverse and extensive literature and sheds light on the contemporary debates and the dynamics of Islamic reform. The book highlights the openness to, and creative manipulation of, diverse strands of international



thought that have come to define Islamic intellectualism in modern Indonesia. This is an accessible and interpretive overview of the religious and social thought of the world's largest Muslim majority nation. As such it will be read by scholars of Islamic law and society, South East Asian studies and comparative law and jurisprudence.