{"product_id":"whose-islam-the-western-university-and-modern-islamic-thought-in-indonesia-hardback-9781503606333","title":"Whose Islam?; The Western University and Modern Islamic Thought in Indonesia (Hardback) 9781503606333","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhose Islam?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Western University and Modern Islamic Thought in Indonesia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMegan Brankley Abbas (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503606333\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 June 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.61 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Abbas writes vividly and with a clarity and verve that make both mundane historical events and technically daunting theoretical debates accessible, engaging, and recognizably important. This is one of the most interesting works in Islamic education and Islamic studies in recent years. Its combination of literary clarity and intellectual sophistication is a rare one.\"—Robert Hefner, Boston University \"A groundbreaking contribution to the global intellectual history of Islamic Studies, showing the entanglements of Cold War-era North American universities with the transformation of religious education in postcolonial Indonesia. \u003ci\u003eWhose Islam?\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to rethink the politics of the connections between the Western academic study of religion and modern Muslim engagement with Islamic tradition.\"—Cemil Aydin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill \"Megan Brankley Abbas has written an altogether remarkable and impressive analysis of the entanglements of Indonesian Islam and Western universities. It is readable, bold in its argument, and detailed in all the ways that good history should be.\"—Philip Fountain, \u003ci\u003eThe Developing Economies\u003c\/i\u003e \"[Whose Islam?] makes important contributions to the study of Islamic higher education in Indonesia. It is carefully researched and well written and will be particularly useful for Indonesia specialists unfamiliar with Islamic education in the country as well as for Islamic Studies scholars unfamiliar with Indonesia.\"—Mark R. Woodward, \u003ci\u003ePacific Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e \"This detailed and carefully nuanced book provides an excellent analysis of the relationship between the Western university and modern Islamic thought, with a focus on Indonesia.\"—Ronald Lukens-Bull, \u003ci\u003eSOJOURN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this incisive new book, Megan Brankley Abbas argues that the Western university has emerged as a significant space for producing Islamic knowledge and Muslim religious authority. For generations, Indonesia's foremost Muslim leaders received their educations in Middle Eastern madrasas or the archipelago's own Islamic schools. Starting in the mid-twentieth century, however, growing numbers traveled to the West to study Islam before returning home to assume positions of political and religious influence. \u003ci\u003eWhose Islam?\u003c\/i\u003e examines the far-reaching repercussions of this change for major Muslim communities as well as for Islamic studies as an academic discipline. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Abbas details, this entanglement between Western academia and Indonesian Islam has not only forged powerful new transnational networks but also disrupted prevailing modes of authority in both spheres. For Muslim intellectuals, studying Islam in Western universities provides opportunities to experiment with academic disciplines and to reimagine the faith, but it also raises troubling questions about whether and how to protect the Islamic tradition from Western encroachment. For Western academics, these connections raise pressing ethical questions about their own roles in the global politics of development and Islamic religious reform. Drawing on extensive archival research from around the globe, \u003ci\u003eWhose Islam?\u003c\/i\u003e provides a unique perspective on the perennial tensions between insiders and outsiders in religious studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: N\/A\u003cbr\u003e  1. Building a Modern Islamic College\u003cbr\u003e  2. McGill University as a \"\u003cbr\u003eMidwife for the Islamic Reformation\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  3. A Fusionist Transformation at the Ministry of Religious Affairs\u003cbr\u003e  4. Islam and Development, Chicago-Style\u003cbr\u003e  5. The Specter of Academic Imperialism\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion: The Future of Islamic Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52610593882392,"sku":"9781503606333","price":71.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/whose-islam-the-western-university-and-modern-islamic-thought-in-indonesia-hardback-9781503606333","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}