Islam in Indonesia : contrasting images and interpretations / edited by Jajat Burhanudin and Kees van Dijk.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on Mar. 26, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-273) and index.

Introduction -- Comparing different streams of Islam: wrestling with words and definitions / Kees van Dijk -- Defining Indonesian Islam: an examination of the construction of the national Islamic identity of traditionalist and modernist Muslims / Ahmad Najib Burhani -- Indonesia in the global scheme of Islamic things: sustaining the virtuous circle of education, associations and democracy / Robert W. Hefner -- Distinguishing Indonesian Islam: some lessons to learn / Azyumardi Azra -- Islam, state and society in democratising Indonesia: a historical reflection / Taufik Abdullah -- The politics of piety in the Pondok Pesantren Khusus Waria Al-Fattah Senin-Kamis Yogyakarta: negotiating the Islamic religious embodiment / Dian Maya Safitri -- The Indonesian Muslim feminist reinterpretation of inheritance / Nina Nurmila -- Managing familial issues: unique features of legal reform in Indonesia / Euis Nurlaelawati -- A new generation of feminists within traditional Islam: an Indonesian exception / Andrée Feillard and Pieternella van Doorn-Harder -- Religious pluralism and contested religious authority in contemporary Indonesian Islam: A. Mustofa Bisri and Emha Ainun Nadjib / Asfa Widiyanto -- Islam and humanitarian affairs: the middle class and new patterns of social activism / Hilman Latief -- Dakwah radio in Surakarta: a contest for Islamic identity / Sunarwoto -- Muslim fundamentalism in education institutions: a case study of Rohani Islam in high schools in Cirebon / Didin Nurul Rosidin -- Majlis Tafsir Al-Qur'an and its struggle for Islamic reformism / Syaifudin Zuhri.

While Muslims in Indonesia have begun to turn towards a strict adherence to Islam, the reality of the socio-religious environment is much more complicated than a simple shift towards fundamentalism. In this volume, contributors explore the multifaceted role of Islam in Indonesia from a variety of different perspectives, drawing on carefully compiled case studies. Topics covered include religious education, the increasing number of Muslim feminists in Indonesia, the role of Indonesia in the greater Muslim world, social activism and the middle class, and the interaction between Muslim radio and religious identity.

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