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Becoming Better Muslims: Religious Authority and Ethical Improvement in Aceh, Indonesia
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Becoming Better Muslims: Religious Authority and Ethical Improvement in Aceh, Indonesia
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) David Kloos
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| Series | Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:240 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Islamic and Arabic philosophy
Islamic life and practice |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691176659
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| Classifications | Dewey:297.09598/11 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
1 Maps
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
28 November 2017 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
How do ordinary Muslims deal with and influence the increasingly pervasive Islamic norms set by institutions of the state and religion? Becoming Better Muslims offers an innovative account of the dynamic interactions between individual Muslims, religious authorities, and the state in Aceh, Indonesia. Relying on extensive historical and ethnographic
Author Biography
David Kloos is a researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Leiden.
Reviews"Winner of the EuroSEAS Social Science Book Prize, European Association for Southeast Asian Studies" "Becoming Better Muslims is an important contribution to the study of state-Islam relations in Indonesia and beyond. It is beautifully written and therefore provides easy access to a complex topic."---Michael Buehler, Politics, Religion & Ideology "Kloos' and Hew's beautifully written ethnographies present different faces of Indonesian Islam that are equally complex, contrasting and plural in their own ways."---Charlotte Setijadi, Contemporary Southeast Asia
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