Becoming Better Muslims - Religious Authority and Ethical Improvement in Aceh, Indonesia

Zusatztext "Kloos’ and Hew’s beautifully written ethnographies present different faces of Indonesian Islam that are equally complex, contrasting and plural in their own ways." ---Charlotte Setijadi, Contemporary Southeast Asia Informationen zum Autor David Kloos is a researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Leiden. Klappentext How do ordinary Muslims deal with and influence the increasingly pervasive Islamic norms set by institutions of the state and religion? Becoming Better Muslims offers an innovative account of the dynamic interactions between individual Muslims, religious authorities, and the state in Aceh, Indonesia. Relying on extensive historical and ethnographic Zusammenfassung How do ordinary Muslims deal with and influence the increasingly pervasive Islamic norms set by institutions of the state and religion? Becoming Better Muslims offers an innovative account of the dynamic interactions between individual Muslims, religious authorities, and the state in Aceh, Indonesia. Relying on extensive historical and ethnographic

Product details

• Authors: David Kloos
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780691176642
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17664-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics; Princeton Studies in Muslim Po; Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Islam / Rituals & Practice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Islamic Studies, South East Asia, Ethics and moral philosophy, Social and cultural anthropology, Asian History, Indonesia, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Islamic Life & Practice, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Islamic life and practice, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Islamic & Arabic philosophy