Islam in the Era of Globalization: Muslim Attitudes towards Modernity and Identity / Edition 1

by Johan Meuleman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780700716913
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/18/2002
Pages:	422
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

'The book will draw the attention of specialists students of Islamic Studies, social sciences, and the humanities as well as the general educated public interested in subjects so diverse as development, modernization, globalization, intercultural contacts, intellectual discourse, gender, religious education, or religious authority.' - IIAS Newsletter 2002, Kuang Mei

'On the whole, this book provides an interesting insight into the diverse ways in which Muslim communities in different parts of the world are reacting to the challenges of Globalization.' - Noor Muhammad, The Muslim World Book Review

'It would make a valuable addition to academic libraries seving Islamic studies.' - Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations

'It is a significant contribution to the debate on the compatibility and relationship of Islam with the topoi of globalization, modernity, and identity, and it is a necessary item in the shelf of any library and indeed for all those interested in informed discourse on how religion continues to defy the thesis of modern secularism which predicts the recession of religion to the background or the private sphere in an increasingly globalized world.' - Amidu Olalekan Sanni; Journal of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 19, 2010, pp. 397-400.

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