Piety and Politics : Nurcholish Madjid and His Interpretation of Islam in Modern Indonesia
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Summary, in English
The aim of this dissertation is twofold. Firstly, it is a study in the tradition of the history of ideas, and thus attempts an analysis of Nurcholish's ideational production and methodological approach. Secondly, it aims to locate Nurcholish's ideas and activities within the Indonesian context. To this end it provides a presentation of his life, intellectual influences and an overview of relevant historical facts. In addition it presents a variety of material collected during several periods of fieldwork in Jakarta. This material discusses the diffusion of Nurcholish's ideas through higher Islamic education, the socio-religious organisation Paramadina, and his role as an independent public intellectual. His target groups had been the Indonesian middle class and elite, many of whom have been drawn to his ideas over the years. Then again Nurcholish's ideas and activities have been subject to criticism from both conservative and secular elements in Indonesia. This study includes an examination of these critiques as well.
Department/s
Publishing year
2005
Language
English
Publication/Series
Lund Studies in History of Religions
Volume
21
Document type
Dissertation
Publisher
Almqvist & Wiksell International
Topic
- History of Religions
Keywords
- Nurcholish Madjid
- Indonesia
- takwa
- Islam
- context
- ijtihad
- Paramadina
- tolerance
- pluralism
- gender
- Sufism
- spirituality
- democracy
- human rights
- Pancasila
- Ibn Taymiyya
- education
- Non-Christian religions
- Världsreligioner (ej kristendom)
Status
Published
Supervisor
- Jan Hjärpe
- Leif Stenberg
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1103-4882
- ISBN: 91-22-02139-6
Defence date
25 November 2005
Defence time
10:15
Defence place
Hörsal 128,(S:t Mikael) Stora Algatan 4, Lund
Opponent
- Jörgen Hellman (FD, universitetslektor)