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- Book Title
- Becoming Better Muslims : Religious Authority and Ethical Improve
- ISBN
- 9780691176642
- Subject Area
- Religion, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Becoming Better Muslims : Religious Authority and Ethical Improvement in Aceh, Indonesia
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Subject
- Ethics, Islamic Studies, Islam / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology of Religion
- Series
- Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Item Weight
- 17 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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How do ordinary Muslims deal with and influence the increasingly pervasive Islamic norms set by institutions of the state and religion? Becoming Better Muslims offers an innovative account of the dynamic interactions between individual Muslims, religious authorities, and the state in Aceh, Indonesia. Relying on extensive historical and ethnographic research, David Kloos offers a detailed analysis of religious life in Aceh and an investigation into today's personal processes of ethical formation. Aceh is known for its history of rebellion and its recent implementation of Islamic law. Debunking the stereotypical image of the Acehnese as inherently pious or fanatical, Kloos shows how Acehnese Muslims reflect consciously on their faith and often frame their religious lives in terms of gradual ethical improvement. Revealing that most Muslims view their lives through the prism of uncertainty, doubt, and imperfection, he argues that these senses of failure contribute strongly to how individuals try to become better Muslims. He also demonstrates that while religious authorities have encroached on believers and local communities, constraining them in their beliefs and practices, the same process has enabled ordinary Muslims to reflect on moral choices and dilemmas, and to shape the ways religious norms are enforced. Arguing that Islamic norms are carried out through daily negotiations and contestations rather than blind conformity, Becoming Better Muslims examines how ordinary people develop and exercise their religious agency.
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691176647
ISBN-13
9780691176642
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237519830
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Becoming Better Muslims : Religious Authority and Ethical Improvement in Aceh, Indonesia
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Ethics, Islamic Studies, Islam / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology of Religion
Series
Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics Ser.
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Social Science
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2017-037074
Series Volume Number
66
Lc Classification Number
Bp63.I52n365 2017
Reviews
"In this rich ethnography, David Kloos argues for ways of taking 'inner' dimensions of Islam seriously, in which the contingencies of everyday living are set in dynamic relation to, rather than as a foil for, long-term projects of religious engagement. These insights speak well beyond the specific context of Aceh to make important contributions to the academic study of Islam, and to current debates in the anthropology of ethics." --R. Michael Feener, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Winner of the Euroseas Social Science Book Prize, European Association for Southeast Asian Studies, "Providing an eminently well-balanced historical introduction to Islam and society in Aceh, this comprehensively researched book examines the question of how ordinary Muslims respond to the pervasive efforts of the state and religious establishment to promote more standardized varieties of Islam. Offering a deeply important and novel perspective, Becoming Better Muslims is a major achievement." --Robert W. Hefner, Boston University, " Becoming Better Muslims is unique in being at once theoretically informed, with its own clear argument to make, and ethnographically superior to many of the anthropological works available on Islam and ethics. Polished and compelling, it will be widely read." --Joel Robbins, University of Cambridge, " Becoming Better Muslims provides an engaging, sophisticated, and meticulously documented account of the ways ordinary Muslims negotiate the complex entanglements of religious authority, ethical self-fashioning, and moral uncertainty in a precarious world. David Kloos's clear, crisp prose and carefully crafted arguments make significant contributions to current debates on subjectivity, ambivalence, everyday religiosity, and lived Islam. Scholars in a number of different disciplines will greatly appreciate this important book." --Michael G. Peletz, Emory University
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
College Audience
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