Modernity and the Challenge of Pluralism: Some Indonesian Lessons

Hefner, Robert W.

Article Details

Modernity and the Challenge of Pluralism: Some Indonesian Lessons

Authors:

Hefner, Robert W.

Publisher:

Center for Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Main Topics:

Religion

Journal:

Studia Islamika Vol.2 Issue 4, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/1995

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001859083

pISSN:

0215-0492

Abstract:

 In the tradition of Western social sciences to grow a sense of " hard " about the secularization : the removal of religion from public life ; religion is only a private matter of each person ; he did not have a significant social role .The idea of secularization or the desecration of the Muslim reformer Indonesia has made Islam is not synonymous with social groups - political . Islam has been freed from political conflicts to be accepted by the wider Muslim community . Categories gentry , students , and abangan , Clifford Geertz used to distinguish religious orientation among Javanese Muslims , is no longer relevant to use . Gentry and abangans now been merged into the religious culture of the students . Now taking place what is called a " santrinisasi " or " Islamization " in Indonesia . It takes place in Indonesian society is becoming increasingly modern , where the middle class is getting stronger . Islam has become the culture of the middle class . Modernity hand with Islam . In Indonesia , Islam can also accommodate the challenges of plurality , which is the other side of modernity . Islam has contributed positively to the life of the nation-state of Indonesia.DOI: 10.15408/sdi.v2i4.819.

Article Details

Modernity and the Challenge of Pluralism: Some Indonesian Lessons

Authors: Hefner, Robert W.

Publisher: Center for Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Main Topics: Religion

Journal: Studia Islamika Vol.2 Issue 4, pp.0-0

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/1995

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001859083

pISSN: 0215-0492

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Authors:

Hefner, Robert W.

Publisher:

Center for Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Main Topics:

Religion

Journal:

Studia Islamika Vol.2 Issue 4, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/1995

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001859083

pISSN:

0215-0492