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Islamisation and its opponents in Java : a political, social, cultural and religious history, c. 1930 to the present /

The Javanese -- one of the largest ethnic groups in the Islamic world -- were once mostly "nominal Muslims", with pious believers a minority and the majority seemingly resistant to Islam's call for greater piety. Over the tumultuous period analyzed here -- from colonial rule through j...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ricklefs, M. C. (Merle Calvin)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore : NUS Press, ©2012.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The troubled path to deeper Islamisation, to c. 1998 – Islamisation in Java to c. 1930 – Under colonial rule : Javanese society and Islam in the 1930s – War and revolution, 1942-9 : the hardening of boundaries – The first freedom experiment : Aliran politics and Communist opposition to Islamisation, 1950-66 – The totalitarian experiment (I) : Kebatinan, Christian and government competition and the end of aliran politics, 1966-80s – The totalitarian experiment (II) : grass-roots Islamisation and advancing Islamism, c. 1980s-98 – Part II. Coming to fruition, c. 1998 to the present – The political and social settings – An Islamising society – Efforts to impose conformity of Islamic belief – Large-scale modernist and traditionalist movements on the defensive – Older cultural styles on the defensive – The protagonists and new totalitarians : smaller Islamist and Dakwahist movements – The remaining opposition : seeking a neutral public space – Part III. The significance – The Islamisation of the Javanese in three contexts – Appendix : Research methodology and case studies.