Whose Islam?: The Western University and Modern Islamic Thought in Indonesia

by Megan Brankley Abbas

Book Overview

In this incisive new book, Megan Brankley Abbas argues that the Western university has emerged as a significant space for producing Islamic knowledge and Muslim religious authority. For generations, Indonesia's foremost Muslim leaders received their educations in Middle Eastern madrasas or the archipelago's own Islamic schools. Starting in the mid-twentieth century, however, growing numbers traveled to the West to study Islam before returning home...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503606333
• ISBN13: 9781503606333
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"