Description: Whose Islam? : The Western University and Modern Islamic Thought in Indonesia, Hardcover by Abbas, Megan Brankley, ISBN 1503606333, ISBN-13 9781503606333, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "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 re-imagine 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 ofdevelopment 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"--
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Book Title: Whose Islam? : The Western University and Modern Islamic Thought
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Whose Islam? : the Western University and Modern Islamic Thought in Indonesia
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Asia / Southeast Asia, Islam / History, Comparative Religion
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 21.5 Oz
Author: Megan Brankley Abbas
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Religion, History
Series: Encountering Traditions Ser.
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
