A peaceful Jihad; negotiating identity and modernity in Muslim Java.1403966605 A peaceful Jihad jihad: see Islam. jihad In Islam, the central doctrine that calls on believers to combat the enemies of their religion. According to the Qur'an and the Hadith, jihad is a duty that may be fulfilled in four ways: by the heart, the tongue, the hand, ; negotiating identity and modernity in Muslim Java. Lukens-Bull, Ronald. Palgrave Macmillan 2005 152 pages $24.95 Paperback Contemporary anthropology of religion The anthropology of religion involves the study of religious institutions in relation to other social institutions, and the comparison of religious beliefs and practices across cultures. BP43 Basing his work on ethnographic eth·nog·ra·phy n. The branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of specific human cultures. eth·nog research conducted in three Classical Islamic schools (pesantren) of sizes ranging from 60 to 1500 students, Lukens-Bull (anthropology, U. of North Florida) explores what educational practices and the debates over them reveals about the negotiation of modernity and tradition in the construction of identity for the Classicalist Islamic community Noun 1. Islamic Community - a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia of East Java East Java (Indonesian: Jawa Timur) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and also includes neighboring Madura and Bawean islands. , Indonesia. He sees the process as one of the constant reinvention of tradition and modernity. Chapters discuss curricular restructuring, community efforts to shape traditional and modern identities, the negotiation and construction of leadership as it relates to creating community identity. The presidency of Abdurradman Wahid is also considered as case material, as he is also a kyai (a leader of the pesantren community combining roles of religious mystic and scholar). ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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