A Peaceful Jihad
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A Peaceful Jihad

Negotiating Identity and Modernity in Muslim Java

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A Peaceful Jihad

Negotiating Identity and Modernity in Muslim Java

About this book

Based on extensive ethnographic research, this book examines how the Islamic community in Java, Indonesia, is actively negotiating both modernity and tradition in the contexts of nation-building, globalisation, and a supposed clash of civilizations. The pesantren community, so-called because it is centered around an educational institution called the pesantren, uses education as a central arena for dealing with globalization and the construction and maintenance of an Indonesian Islamic identity. However, the community's efforts to wrestle with these issues extend beyond education into the public sphere in general and specifically in the area of leadership and politics. The case material is used to understand Muslim strategies and responses to civilizational contact and conflict. Scholars, educated readers, and advanced undergraduates interested in Islam, religious education, the construction of religious identity in the context of national politics and globalization will find this work useful.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. A Peaceful Jihad
  3. Contents
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. A Note on Transliteration and Spelling
  7. Glossary
  8. Chapter 1 Negotiating Tradition, Modernity, and Identity
  9. Chapter 2 The “House” that Change Built
  10. Chapter 3 “Politics” by Other Means: Using Education to Negotiate Change
  11. Chapter 4 Beyond Education
  12. Chapter 5 You Are Who You Follow: Negotiating Leadership and Community Identity
  13. Chapter 6 A Peaceful Jihad in a Globalizing World
  14. Notes
  15. References Cited
  16. Index