Chapter 1 Origins of discourse; Chapter 2 Abdurrahman Wahid and Nahdlatul Ulama; Chapter 3 The Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals’ Association (ICMI); Chapter 4 The Indonesian armed forces; Chapter 5 Secular nationalists; Chapter 6 Conclusion;
A Research Fellow in the Programme on International Economics and Politics at the East-West Centre, Hawaii. A former Fulbright Scholar in Indonesia, he previously held appointments at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore and the University of Hawaii.
"A highly readable account of the various faces of Indonesian
Islam. Drawing on scores of interviews with many leading players,
Ramage keenly illustrates the complex and often misunderstood links
between politics and Islam in the world's largest Muslim
country."
-"Far Eastern Economic Review
"provides an excellent discussion of political debate in Indonesia
... it adds to the literature on the political role of Islam."
-Harold Crouch, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies,
Australian National University
"[T]his fine book lays out the terms for understanding a problem
that, precisly because Soeharto so betrayed his professed ideals,
will haunt Indonesian politics for years to come."
-"The Journal of Asian Studies
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