Being Muslim in Indonesia
Religiosity, Politics and Cultural Diversity in Bima
9789087283629
Distributed for Leiden University Press
Being Muslim in Indonesia
Religiosity, Politics and Cultural Diversity in Bima
How people in the world’s largest Muslim country negotiate religious identities.
There are many ways of being Muslim in Indonesia, where more people practice Islam than anywhere else in the world. In Being Muslim in Indonesia, Muhammad Adlin Sila reveals the ways Muslims in one city constitute unique religious identities through ritual, political, and cultural practices. Emerging from diverse contexts, the traditionalist and reformist divide in Indonesian Islam must be understood through the sociopolitical lens of its practitioners—whether royalty, clerics, or laity.
There are many ways of being Muslim in Indonesia, where more people practice Islam than anywhere else in the world. In Being Muslim in Indonesia, Muhammad Adlin Sila reveals the ways Muslims in one city constitute unique religious identities through ritual, political, and cultural practices. Emerging from diverse contexts, the traditionalist and reformist divide in Indonesian Islam must be understood through the sociopolitical lens of its practitioners—whether royalty, clerics, or laity.
250 pages | 10 halftones, 3 maps | 6 1/4 x 9 1/4
Anthropology: Cultural and Social Anthropology
History: Asian History
Religion: Islam

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