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Author Abbas, Megan Brankley, author.

Title Whose Islam? : the Western university and modern Islamic thought in Indonesia / Megan Brankley Abbas
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Encountering traditions
Encountering traditions.
Contents Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Spelling and Italicization -- Introduction -- 1 Building a Modern Islamic College -- 2 McGill University as a "Midwife for the Islamic Reformation" -- 3 A Fusionist Transformation at the Ministry of Religious Affairs -- 4 Islam and Development, Chicago- Style -- 5 The Specter of Academic Imperialism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "In this book, Megan Brankley Abbas argues that the Western university has emerged as a significant space for producing Islamic knowledge and Muslim religious authority. For generations, Indonesia's foremost Muslim leaders received their educations in Middle Eastern madrasas or the archipelago's own Islamic schools. Starting in the mid-twentieth century, however, growing numbers traveled to the West to study Islam before returning home to assume positions of political and religious influence. Whose Islam? examines the far-reaching repercussions of this change for major Muslim communities as well as for Islamic studies as an academic discipline. As Abbas details, this entanglement between Western academia and Indonesian Islam has not only forged powerful new transnational networks but also disrupted prevailing modes of authority in both spheres. For Muslim intellectuals, studying Islam in Western universities provides opportunities to experiment with academic disciplines and to re-imagine the faith, but it also raises troubling questions about whether and how to protect the Islamic tradition from Western encroachment. For Western academics, these connections raise pressing ethical questions about their own roles in the global politics of development and Islamic religious reform. Drawing on extensive archival research from around the globe, Whose Islam? provides a unique perspective on the perennial tensions between insiders and outsiders in religious studies"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter, viewed June 30, 2021)
Subject Islam -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century
Islamic education -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century
Islam -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century
Islam -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia.
Islam
Islam -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Islamic education
Indonesia
Western countries
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1503627942
9781503627949