Indonesian Islam : social change through contemporary fatāwā
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Indonesian Islam : social change through contemporary fatāwā
（Southeast Asia publications series）
Asian Studies Association of Australia, in association with Allen & Unwin , In association with University of Hawai'i Press, 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-294) and index
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Description
Islam is one of the world s oldest and most intriguing religions, and with so much recent attention focused on Muslim groups, the importance of understanding Islam today is self-evident. How does this classic religion deal with contemporary challenges in ethics and morality in a consistent and rational way? How in the 21st century do its complex moral and legal philosophies continue to provide an alternative to secularism?
Professor M.B. Hooker looks at how modern Indonesian Islamic thinking has responded to changes in social and cultural practices in this timely book. In particular he examines how authorities have ruled on such basic issues as purity and representation of doctrine, religious obligations, status and capacity of women, Islam and medical science, and offences against religion.
Hooker s research has been drawn from around 2000 fatawa - formal opinion on points of law or dogma - collected from Indonesia between 1920 and 1990. The authority of the fatwa is independent of the state and is uncontaminated by European intellectual imperialism. It thus gives us a pure response to difficult issues from within Islamic thought, and is essential to how we understand Islam at this particular place and time.
M.B. Hooker is Professor of Law at the Australian National University, and an Honorary Senior Associate of the Asian Law Centre, University of Melbourne. He has forty years experience in teaching and writing about Southeast Asia.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Twentieth-century Islamic reform: contexts for the Indonesian fatawa
1 Knowing Islam: method, doctrine and representation
2 The individual and religious duty
3 Women: status and obligation
4 Is God still the creator? Islam and medical science
5 Offences against religion
Epilogue: Issues for an Indonesian Islam
Appendix: Sources
Glossary and abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Description
Islam is one of the world's oldest and most intriguing religions, and with so much attention focused on Muslim groups, the importance of understanding Islam today is self-evident. How does this classic religion deal with contemporary challenges in ethics and morality in a consistent and rational way? How in the 21st century do its complex moral and legal philosophies continue to provide an alternative to secularism? Professor M.B. Hooker looks at how modern Indonesian Islamic thinking has responded to changes in social and cultural practices in this book. In particular he examines how authorities have ruled on such basic issues as purity and representation of doctrine, religious obligations, status and capacity of women, Islam and medical science, and offences against religion. Hooker's research has been drawn from around 2000 fatawa - formal opinion on points of law or dogma - collected from Indonesia between 1920 and 1990. The authority of the fatawa is independent of the state and is uncontaminated by European intellectual imperialism.
It thus gives us a "pure" response to difficult issues from within Islamic thought, and is essential to how we understand Islam at this particular place and time.
Table of Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Twentieth-century Islamic reform: contexts for the Indonesian fatawa1 Knowing Islam: method, doctrine and representation2 The individual and religious duty3 Women: status and obligation4 Is God still the creator? Islam and medical science 5 Offences against religionEpilogue: Issues for an Indonesian IslamAppendix: SourcesGlossary and abbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex
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