Islam, Law, and Equality in Indonesia: An Anthropology of Public Reasoning

by John R. Bowen

2021-01-01 02:09:09

Muslims currently struggle to reconcile radically different sets of social norms and laws (including those derived from Islam, as well as contemporary ideas about gender equality and law) in Indonesia, the world''s largest Muslim-majority country. Jo... Read more
Muslims currently struggle to reconcile radically different sets of social norms and laws (including those derived from Islam, as well as contemporary ideas about gender equality and law) in Indonesia, the world''s largest Muslim-majority country. John Bowen explores their struggle through archival and ethnographic research and interviews with national religious and legal figures. His book relates to debates in any society where people struggle to live together with extreme differences in values and lifestyles and is welcomed by scholars and students in all branches of the social sciences. Less

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File size9.29 X 6.22 X 0.98 in
Print pages306
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date May 29, 2003
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521824828
John R. Bowen is Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts and Sciences, Professor of Anthropology, and Director of the Initiative in Pluralism, Politics, and Religion at Washington University in St. Louis. ...

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