Reformist Muslims in a Yogyakarta village the Islamic transformation of contemporary socio-religious life

This study examines the religious life of reformist Muslims in a Yogyakarta village. The foci of this discussion are on Muslim villagers' construction, with the help of the reformist paradigm, of the image of the 'good Muslim' and 'Muslim-ness', on their efforts to incorpora...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kim, Hyung-Jun
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Canberra ANU E Press 2007, 2007
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Recent socio-economic developments in Kolojonggo
  • 3. From bamboo langgar to brick masjid : Islamic development in Kolojonggo
  • 4. The Islamisation of everyday life
  • 5. The Islamisation of village tradition
  • 6. Reformist Islam and supernatural beings
  • 7. Muslim and Christian relations in Kolojonggo
  • 8. War of words: the Muslim villagers' view of Christians, Christianity and Christianisation
  • 9. Concluding remarks
  • Appendix A. Socio-economic developments in Kolojonggo before 1965
  • Appendix B. The war of words: voices of the Christians
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-295)