Shapers Of Islam In Southeast Asia [Hardcover]

Shapers of Islam in Southeast Asiacaptures the progressive and pluralistic nature of Islamic reformism in Southeast Asia from the mid-twentieth century onwards, a period that can now be regarded as the age of networked Islam. The book shows how several influential Muslim intellectuals have given rise to an Islamic reformist mosaic in Southeast Asia.Southeast Asia is home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the world today. The region has also produced a cohort of reformers who have critiqued the limits of Islamic thought and propounded new lines of thinking with an eye toward constructing a betterummah.Shapers of Islam in Southeast Asiacaptures the progressive and pluralistic nature of Islamic reform in Southeast Asia from the mid-twentieth century onward, a period that can now be regarded as the age of networked Islam. Offering a fresh conceptualization, the book shows how several influential Muslim intellectuals have given rise to an Islamic reformist mosaic in Southeast Asia. Representing different strands of reformist thinking, these shapers of Islam have constructed a unified and coherent frame of thought that distinguishes itself from the ultra-traditionalist and ultra-secularist leanings. This fascinating study is indispensable to anyone interested in understanding the challenges facing Islam and other religions in the modern world.AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsGlossaryIntroduction: Islamic Reformist Mosaic in Southeast AsiaChapter One: Naquib Al-Attas: The DesecularistChapter Two: Osman Bakar: The EpistemistChapter Three: Harun Nasution: The RationalistChapter Four: Ahmad Ibrahim: The LegalistChapter Five: Kuntowijoyo: The HistoricistChapter Six: Cesar Majul Adib: The IntegrationistChapter Seven: Zakiah Daradjat: The MoralistEpilogue: Muslim Reformism and the Future of IslamBibliographyKhairudin Aljuniedis Professor of Southeast Asian Islamic and Intellectual History at the University of Brunei Darussalal3,