ISLAM BEYOND CONFLICT by Wayne Hudson, Azyumardi Azra (Editor) ( 9781138262324 )

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ISLAM BEYOND CONFLICT
INDONESIAN ISLAM AND WESTERN POLITICAL THEORY

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Wayne Hudson, Azyumardi Azra (Editor)

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

27 February, 2017

Series:

Law, Ethics and Governance

Pages:

248

Synopsis:

Politically, Islam in Indonesia is part of a rich multi-cultural mix. Religious tolerance is seen as the cornerstone of relations between different faiths - and moderation is built into the country's constitutional framework. However, the advent of democracy coupled with the impact of the South-East Asian economic collapse in 1997, and the arrival of a tough new breed of Middle Eastern Islamic preachers, sowed the seeds of the current challenge to Indonesia's traditionally moderate form of Islam. This volume explores the extent to which moderate Indonesian Islam is able to assimilate leading concepts from Western political theory. The essays in the collection explore how concepts from Western political theory are compatible with a liberal interpretation of Islamic universals and how such universals can form the basis for a contemporary approach to the protection of human rights and the articulation of a modern Islamic civil society.

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