Islam and Democracy in Indonesia - Tolerance Without Liberalism

Informationen zum Autor Jeremy Menchik is an Assistant Professor in the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, and a Faculty Affiliate in Political Science and Religious Studies. He has been Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow in Contemporary Asia at Stanford University, California and Luce Fellow at Columbia University, New York. His research focuses on the politics of religion, with a particular interest in Indonesia and the Muslim world. He has published articles in journals such as Comparative Studies in Society and History and South East Asia Research. His work has been recognized by several prizes, including the Fulbright award to Indonesia, the Mildred Potter Hovland Journal Article Prize, and the Paper Award from the Southeast Asian Politics Group, and received an honorable mention for the Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation Award. Klappentext This book explains how the leaders of the world's largest Islamic organizations understand tolerance, explicating how politics works in a Muslim-majority democracy. Zusammenfassung This book explains what tolerance means to the leaders of the world's largest Islamic organizations. It is based on two years of research in Indonesia - the world's largest Muslim-majority country and a consolidated democracy - including hundreds of archival documents! in-depth interviews! personal observations! and a new survey. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. After secularization; 2. Explaining tolerance and intolerance; 3. Local genealogies; 4. Godly nationalism; 5. The coevolution of religion and state; 6. Communal tolerance; 7. Religious democracy; Methodological appendices; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Menchik, Jeremy (Boston University) Menchik, Menchik Jeremy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781107548039
• ISBN: 978-1-107-54803-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics; Cambridge Studies in Social Th; Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Islam, PHILOSOPHY / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Religion & politics, Indonesia, Religion and Politics, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Islamic & Arabic philosophy, Islamic and Arab philosophy