Becoming Better Muslims (eBook)

Religious Authority and Ethical Improvement in Aceh, Indonesia

David Kloos (Autor)

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2017
240 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8783-5 (ISBN)

Infos

How do ordinary Muslims deal with and influence the increasingly pervasive Islamic norms set by institutions of the state and religion? Becoming Better Muslims offers an innovative account of the dynamic interactions between individual Muslims, religious authorities, and the state in Aceh, Indonesia. Relying on extensive historical and ethnographic research, David Kloos offers a detailed analysis of religious life in Aceh and an investigation into today's personal processes of ethical formation.Aceh is known for its history of rebellion and its recent implementation of Islamic law. Debunking the stereotypical image of the Acehnese as inherently pious or fanatical, Kloos shows how Acehnese Muslims reflect consciously on their faith and often frame their religious lives in terms of gradual ethical improvement. Revealing that most Muslims view their lives through the prism of uncertainty, doubt, and imperfection, he argues that these senses of failure contribute strongly to how individuals try to become better Muslims. He also demonstrates that while religious authorities have encroached on believers and local communities, constraining them in their beliefs and practices, the same process has enabled ordinary Muslims to reflect on moral choices and dilemmas, and to shape the ways religious norms are enforced.Arguing that Islamic norms are carried out through daily negotiations and contestations rather than blind conformity, Becoming Better Muslims examines how ordinary people develop and exercise their religious agency.

Autor

David Kloos is a researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Leiden.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.11.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
• Zusatzinfo: 7 halftones. 1 map.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: abuse of power • Aceh • Acehnese people • activism • Adat • Admonition • Adobe • adultery • Adviser • Ambivalence • Banda Aceh • Career • civil service • Civil Society • Colonialism • community leader • Curriculum • Darul Islam (Indonesia) • Daud Beureu'eh • Determination • Dhikr • dichotomy • English Language • Everyday life • God • headscarf • Household • Ibadah • Ideology • implementation • Indonesia • Institution • Intercession • Islam • Islamic revival • Islamism • Islamization • Jakarta • Kenduri • Leiden University Library • Local community • Maisir • market town • Max Weber • middle class • Modernity • Moral Authority • Morality • moral responsibility • Mosque • Muhammad • Muhammadiyah • Muslim • Muslim world • My Father • Nahdlatul Ulama • narrative • North Sumatra • of education • organized religion • Panglima • Pawang • Personhood • Pesantren • piety • Politician • Politics • Public morality • Public sphere • Ramadan • Religion • Religiosity • Religious development • Religious education • religious experience • Religious Law • Rural Area • santri • Sarekat Islam • Secularism • Secular state • separatism • Sharia • sibling • Sin • social relation • Spirituality • Subdistrict • Subjectivity • Suggestion • Sumatra • Tablighi Jamaat • Theft • the islamist • The Other Hand • Tithe • Transliteration • ulama • war • Wealth
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8783-6 / 1400887836
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8783-5 / 9781400887835