A history of Islam in Indonesia : unity in diversity / Carool Kersten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kersten, Carool, author.

Series:

New Edinburgh Islamic surveys.

The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Indonesia--History.

Islam.

Islam--Indonesia--Historiography.

Islam and state--Indonesia.

Islam and state.

Indonesia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, [Scotland] : Edinburgh University Press, 2017.

Summary:

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 13th 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

A note on translation and transliteration

Glossary

Introduction

1 The arrival of Islam

2 Network Islam

3 Islam as resistance

4 Islam and nation-building

5 An Indonesian Islam?

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474434973

1474434975

9780748681853

074868185X

9780748681877

0748681876