Living in a sacred cosmos
Subtitle: Indonesia and the future of Islam
By: Bernard T. Adeney-Risakotta
Contributors: Yale University. Southeast Asia Studies
Series: Monograph / Yale Southeast Asia Studies -- 66; Monograph series (Yale University. Southeast Asia Studies) -- no. 66.
Publisher: Yale University Southeast Asia Studies
Published: 2018
Place of publication: New Haven, Connecticut
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780985042974; 9780985042967
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Islam; Muslims; Islam and culture; Civilization; Social aspects
Other titles: Sacred cosmos
Description: The future of Islam lies in Asia. Is there hope for peace and justice between Islam and the West? An answer may lie in the ancient, unique civilization of Indonesia, where modern, religious people still live in a sacred cosmos. Indonesia is experiencing an Islamic renaissance: a flowering of religious ideas, art, literature, architecture, institutions, and intellectual creativity, stimulated by civil freedoms, democracy, education, and prosperity. This community is more religiously diverse than it has ever been, even though it is threatened by growing Islamic radicalism. What do Muslims think about democracy, scientific rationality, and equal human rights for all, especially for women and non-Muslims? How do Muslims respond to the global environmental crisis? This book addresses these questions through the lens of empirical research on the views of people in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world. --Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-401) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Islam and modernity in Indonesia; title: Part II. Living in a sacred cosmos; title: Part III. Traditional, modern, and religious imaginations of power; title: Part IV. Nature, women, and conflict in a sacred cosmos.