History of Islam in Indonesia
Subtitle: Unity in Diversity
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780748681846
Subjects: Islam, indonesia
Description: 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 thirteenth 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, the religion's role as a means of resistance and tool for nation-building, and postcolonial attempts to forge an 'Indonesian Islam'. -- From back cover.