{"product_id":"whose-islam-megan-brankley-abbas-9781503627932","title":"Whose Islam?: The Western University and Modern Islamic Thought in Indonesia","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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 to assume positions of political and religious influence. \u003ci\u003eWhose Islam?\u003c\/i\u003e examines the far-reaching repercussions of this change for major Muslim communities as well as for Islamic studies as an academic discipline. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Abbas details, this entanglement between Western academia and Indonesian Islam has not only forged powerful new transnational networks but also disrupted prevailing modes of authority in both spheres. For Muslim intellectuals, studying Islam in Western universities provides opportunities to experiment with academic disciplines and to reimagine the faith, but it also raises troubling questions about whether and how to protect the Islamic tradition from Western encroachment. For Western academics, these connections raise pressing ethical questions about their own roles in the global politics of development and Islamic religious reform. Drawing on extensive archival research from around the globe, \u003ci\u003eWhose Islam?\u003c\/i\u003e provides a unique perspective on the perennial tensions between insiders and outsiders in religious studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Megan Brankley Abbas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1503627934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503627932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Megan Brankley Abbas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986541215999,"sku":"9781503627932","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f08bc0e9-059d-4cf1-9924-fcb6d957eae5.jpg?v=1683283955","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whose-islam-megan-brankley-abbas-9781503627932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}