| Becoming Better Muslims: Religious Authority and Ethical Improvement in Aceh, Indonesia Subjects: Islam -- Indonesia -- Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam; Muslims -- Indonesia -- Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam -- Conduct of life; Islamic ethics -- Indonesia -- Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam; Islamic law -- Indonesia -- Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam; How do ordinary Muslims deal with and influence the increasingly pervasive Islamic norms set by institutions of the state and religion? Becoming Better Muslims offers an innovative account of the dynamic interactions between individual Muslims, religious authorities, and the state in Aceh, Indonesia. Relying on extensive historical and ethnographic research, David Kloos offers a detailed analysis of religious life in Aceh and an investigation into today's personal processes of ethical formation. David Kloos is a researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Leiden. |