Reformist Muslims in a Yogyakarta Village: The Islamic Transformation of Contemporary Socio-Religious Life
By Hyung-Jun Kim.
Description
This study examines the religious life of reformist Muslims in a Yogyakarta village. The foci of this discussion are on Muslim villagers' construction, with the help of the reformist paradigm, of the image of the 'good Muslim' and 'Muslim-ness', on their efforts to incorporate an (reformist) Islamic framework to question taken-for-granted practices and ideas, on the position of traditional practices and ideas and their relation to reformist Islam, and on the interplay of villagers who show a strong commitment to reformist Islam with those who do not. Another topic i...
ISBN(s)
1920942343, 9781920942342
