Islam in the Era of Globalization: Muslim Attitudes Towards Modernity and Identity

ISBN-13: 9780700716913 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 422 str.

Meuleman, Johan

Opis

Globalization, modernity and identity are fundamental issues in contemporary Islam and Islamic Studies. This collection of essays reflects the wide diversity that characterises contemporary Islamic Studies. The case studies cover regions stretching from China and Southeast Asia to diaspora communities in the Caribbean and Tajikistan. There is significant participation of intellectual voices from all areas concerned, providing a real contribution to the academic exchange between the Muslim and the Euro-American worlds.

This collection of essays reflects the wide diversity that characterises contemporary Islamic Studies, arranged around three core themes of globalization, modernity and identity.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements, Note on References, The Contributors, Introduction, Part II: Globalization, 1. SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ISLAM AND THE GLOBALIZATION PROCESS, 2. GLOBALIZATION OF INDONESIAN MUSLIM DISCOURSE, 3. THE INDONESIAN ARCHIPELAGO FROM 1913 TO 2013, 4. ISLAM IN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM AND GLOBAL ISLAM, 5. FATWAS AS A UNIFYING FACTOR IN INDONESIAN HISTORY, Part II: Modernization, 6. MODERNITY AND THE DISENCHANTMENT OF LIFE, 7. PAKISTAN, 8. MUSLIM FEMINISTS IN WESTERN ACADEMIA, 9. IS ISLAM A HELP OR HINDRANCE TO WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT?, 10. MUSLIM VIEWS ON POPULATION, Part III: Identity, 11. THE MULLA AND THE STATE, 12. RELIGIOUS IDENTITY AND MASS EDUCATION, 13. SEEKING KNOWLEDGE UNTO CHINA, 14. THE INSTITUT AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI AT THE CROSSROADS, 15. THE INTERACTION OF RELIGION AND STATE IN INDONESIA, 16. THE 'ULMA', THE GOVERNMENT, AND SOCIETY IN MODERN INDONESIA, 17. CONTEMPORARY SOUTH-EAST ASIAN MUSLIM INTELLECTUALS, 18. BETWEEN UMMAH AND HOME COUNTRY, Glossary, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Johan Meuleman^n is a lecturer at the University of Leiden, a research fellow of the Leiden-based International Institute of Asian Studies, a professor by special appointment of Islamic History at IAIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta and the president of the Islamic University of Europe Foundation int he Netherlands.