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A History of Islam in Indonesia : Unity in Diversity /

Kersten, Carool

A History of Islam in Indonesia : Unity in Diversity / Carool Kersten. - 1 online resource (216 p.) : 2 maps - The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS .

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A note on translation and transliteration -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1 The arrival of Islam -- 2 Network Islam -- 3 Islam as resistance -- 4 Islam and nation-building -- 5 An Indonesian Islam? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Explores the history of Islam in the largest Muslim nation state in the worldLocated on the eastern periphery of the historical Muslim world, as a political entity Indonesia is barely a century old. Yet with close to a quarter of a billion followers of Islam it is now the largest and most populous Muslim country in the world. As the greatest political power in Southeast Asia, and a growing player on the world scene, Indonesia presents itself as a bridge country between Asia, the wider Muslim world and the West.In this survey Carool Kersten presents the Islamisation of Indonesia from the first evidence of the acceptance of Islam by indigenous peoples in the late thirteenth century until the present day. He provides comprehensive insight into the different roles played by Islam in Indonesia throughout history, including the importance of Indian Ocean networks for connecting Indonesians with the wider Islamic world, the religion's role as a means of resistance and tool for nation building, and postcolonial attempts to forge an 'Indonesian Islam'.Key FeaturesThe first comprehensive historical survey of the Islamisation of Indonesia from the arrival of Islam in the 13th century until the presentAn interdisciplinary study of the place and role of Islam in IndonesiaAn overview of the religion's growing significance in the formation of what is now the largest and most populous Muslim country in the world




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780748681839 9780748681853

10.1515/9780748681853 doi

2017303662


Islam and state--Indonesia.
Islam--Historiography.--Indonesia
Islam--History.--Indonesia
Islamic Studies.
HISTORY / Asia / General.

BP63.I5 / K462 2017 BP63.I5 / K462 2017eb

297.09598