Muslim Legal Thought in Modern Indonesia - Softcover

Feener, R. Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521188059 ISBN 13: 9780521188050

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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Product Description

Muslim Legal Thought in Modern Indonesia An accessible 2007 overview of the religious and social thought of the world's largest Muslim majority nation.

Book Description

By considering the work of the leading Indonesian thinkers of the twentieth century, Michael Feener sheds light on the contemporary debates and the dynamics of Islamic reform. This is an accessible and interpretive overview of the religious and social thought of the world's largest Muslim majority nation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521188059
• ISBN 13: 9780521188050
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292