Overview

This book examines the relationship between the state state implementation of Shari'a and diverse lived realities of everyday Islam in contemporary Aceh, Indonesia. With chapters covering topics ranging from NGOs and diaspora politics to female ulama and punk rockers, the volume opens new perspectives on the complexity of Muslim discourse and practice in a society that has experienced tremendous changes since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. These detailed accounts of and critical reflections on how different groups in Acehnese society negotiate their experiences and understandings of Islam highlight the complexity of the ways in which the state is both a formative and a limited force with regard to religious and social transformation. Contributors are: Dina Afrianty, R. Michael Feener, Kristina Gro mann, Reza Idria, David Kloos, Antje Missbach, Benjamin Otto, Jan-Michiel Otto, Annemarie Samuels and Eka Srimulyani.

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Author:   R. Michael Feener ,  David Kloos ,  Annemarie Samuels
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.426kg
ISBN:  

9789004304857

ISBN 10:   9004304851
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   30 October 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors Glossary Illustrations Preface R. Michael Feener State Shari`a and its limits Annemarie Samuels Hikmah and narratives of change: How different temporalities shape the present and the future in post-tsunami Aceh David Kloos Sinning and ethical improvement in contemporary Aceh Kristina Grossmann Women's rights activists and the drafting process of the Islamic Criminal Law Code (Qanun Jinayat) Dina Afrianty Local women's NGOs and the reform of Islamic law in Aceh: The case of MISPI Eka Srimulyani Teungku Inong Dayah: Female religious leaders in contemporary Aceh Reza Idria Muslim punks and state Shari'a Benjamin Otto & Jan Michiel Otto Practices and perceptions of Shari'a reinforcement in Banda Aceh: The Wilayatul Hisbah and local communities Antje Missbach That is Jakarta's project : Views from the Acehnese diaspora on Shari'a, self-determination and political conspiracy Index

Reviews

Islam and the Limits of the State is a must-read for anyone with an interest in contemporary Aceh, Islam and the state, Islamic legal systems in practice, and Islam and gender. Daniel

Author Information

R. Michael Feener is Research Leader of the Religion and Globalization Research Cluster at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. His previous publications on Aceh include Shari'a and Social Engineering, and (with Patrick Daly & Anthony Reid), Mapping the Acehnese Past, and From the Ground Up. David Kloos, Ph.D. (2013), is a postdoctoral researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Leiden and has conducted extensive historical and ethnographic research on Islam in Aceh. Annemarie Samuels, Ph.D. (2012), is postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam and has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork on the post-tsunami reconstruction process in Aceh. Her work has been published previously in, amongst others, American Anthropologist and Anthropology Today.

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