Islam, Education and Radicalism in Indonesia: Instructing Piety
ISBN: 9781003269229
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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This book explores the connections between traditional Islamic education, rising religious intolerance, religious attitudes to gender, campaigns for curricula innovation and modernisation, and politics and society in Indonesia. Drawing on extensive original research and the deep experience of the authors, the book highlights tensions between traditional Islamic educators and modernisers, and between different understandings of Islam, emphasising the importance of these issues for the future of Indonesia.


Tim Lindsey is Professor of Asian Law, and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, at the University of Melbourne, AustraliaJamhari Makruf is a Professor in the Centre for the Study of Islam and Society at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, IndonesiaHelen Pausacker is Deputy Director of, and a Principal Research Assistant in, the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society at the University of Melbourne, Australia
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