Muslim Legal Thought in Modern Indonesia

Informationen zum Autor R. Michael Feener is Associate Professor of History at the National University of Singapore. His recent publications include! as editor! Islam in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives (2003) and Islamic Law in Contemporary Indonesia: Ideas and Institutions (forthcoming). 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
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2007
• EAN: 9780521877756
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87775-6
• No. of pages: 292
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law