A history of Islam in Indonesia : unity in diversity / Carool Kersten.

By:

Kersten, Carool [author.]

Series: New Edinburgh Islamic surveysPublication details: �20 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 199 pages) : mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780748681853
074868185X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: History of Islam in Indonesia.DDC classification:

297.09598 23

LOC classification:

BP63.I5 K462 2017eb

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EBSCOhost

Summary: In this survey Carool Kersten presents the Islamisation of Indonesia from the first evidence of the acceptance of Islam by indigenous peoples in the late thirteenth century until the present day. He provides comprehensive insight into the different roles played by Islam in Indonesia throughout history, including the importance of Indian Ocean networks for connecting Indonesians with the wider Islamic world, the religion's role as a means of resistance and tool for nation-building, and postcolonial attempts to forge an 'Indonesian Islam'. -- From back cover.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-191) and index.

In this survey Carool Kersten presents the Islamisation of Indonesia from the first evidence of the acceptance of Islam by indigenous peoples in the late thirteenth century until the present day. He provides comprehensive insight into the different roles played by Islam in Indonesia throughout history, including the importance of Indian Ocean networks for connecting Indonesians with the wider Islamic world, the religion's role as a means of resistance and tool for nation-building, and postcolonial attempts to forge an 'Indonesian Islam'. -- From back cover.