Islamic Law in Contemporary Indonesia by R. Michael Feener, M... - 9780674025080

Harvard University, Islamic Legal Studies

Islamic Law in Contemporary IndonesiaIdeas and Institutions\nAuthor(s): R. Michael Feener, Mark E. Cammack\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Harvard University, Islamic Legal Studies, United States\nImprint: Harvard University, Islamic Legal Studies\nISBN-13: 9780674025080, 978-0674025080\nSynopsis\nAlthough often neglected in the literature on Islamic law, contemporary Indonesia is an especially rich source of insight into the diverse understandings and uses of the Islamic legal tradition in the modern world. Indonesian Muslims are engaged in vibrant and far-reaching debates over the terms, relevance, and developmental limits of Islamic law, and Indonesia is home to a variety of dynamic state and non-state institutional structures for the generation and application of Islamic doctrine. The essays in this volume provide focused examinations of the internal dynamics of intellectual and institutional elements of Islamic law in modern Indonesia in its recent formations. The first five chapt.