Contemporary Developments in Indonesian Islam

One of the puzzles of Islamic studies in Indonesia in the last fifteen years has been the juxtaposition of political liberalization after the fall of Suharto in 1998 and a so-called ‘Conservative Turn’ in religious life from around the same time. Despite a very open-minded Muslim leader rising to the presidency in 1999 in the person of Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesia has seen the growth of conservative Islamic groups and the growth of conservatism within existing Islamic groups, even the rise of religiously-motivated violence, causing concern among both international and domestic observers. This edited volume on the ‘Conservative Turn’ is neither alarmist nor dismissive of the new trend. Instead, Martin van Bruinessen, an emeritus professor of Utrecht University and a leading light of Indonesian Islamic studies, and his four Indonesian contributors evaluate the nature of Indonesia’s newfound conservatism and its path so far. The level of detail presented is tremendous, the selection of topics and identification of trends astute. This book definitely moves the conversation in Indonesian Islamic studies forward

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