Whose Islam? : the Western university and modern Islamic thought in Indonesia / Megan Brankley Abbas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abbas, Megan Brankley, Author.

Series:

Encountering Traditions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Indonesia--History--20th century.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this incisive new 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 reimagine 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.

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

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781503627949

1503627942

OCLC:

1245669737