A History of Islam in Indonesia: Unity in Diversity (Paperback or Softback)

Kersten, Carool

ISBN 10: 0748681841 / ISBN 13: 9780748681846

Published by Edinburgh University Press 1/19/2017, 2017

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A History of Islam in Indonesia: Unity in Diversity.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A History of Islam in Indonesia: Unity in Diversity (Paperback or Softback)
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press 1/19/2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748681841
• ISBN 13: 9780748681846
• Binding: Paperback or Softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 0.7 pounds
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Located 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’.

About the Author

Carool Kersten is Research Professor in Islamic studies at the University of Leuven in Belgium and Emeritus Reader at King’s College London. He is also a senior research associate of the Institute for Philosophical and Religious Studies at the Science and Research Centre Koper in Slovenia. Carool Kersten is the author or editor of thirteen books, including Islam and Contemporary European Literature (EUP 2025), Contemporary Thought in the Muslim World: Trends Themes, and Issues (Routledge 2019), and multi-volume anthologies on Islamic statehood and law. His research interests include the intellectual and political history of the modern Muslim world, the history of Islam in Southeast Asia, contemporary literature and travel writing.