Muslim Legal Thought in Modern Indonesia

Klappentext An accessible overview of the religious and social thought of the world's largest Muslim majority nation. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Technology, training, and social transformation; 2. The open gate of Ijtihad; 3. An 'Indonesian Madhhab'; 4. Shari'a Islam in a Pancasila nation; 5. Muslim intellectuals and the 're-actualization' of Islam; 6. The new Ulama; 7. Next generation Fiqh?; Conclusions; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: R. Michael Feener, R. Michael (National University of Singapo Feener, Feener R. Michael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521188050
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18805-0
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Law, Indonesia, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Systems of law: Islamic law, LAW / Islamic, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Methods, theory and philosophy of law