Islam, Law, and Equality in Indonesia: An Anthropology of Public Reasoning

by John R. Bowen

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In Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, Muslims struggle to reconcile radically different sets of social norms and laws, including those derived from Islam, local social norms, and contemporary ideas about gender equality and rule of law. In this study, John Bowen explores this struggle, through archival and ethnographic research in villages and courtrooms of the Aceh Province, Sumatra, and through interviews with national religious...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521531896

ISBN13:9780521531894

Release Date:June 2003

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:306 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Cultural Islam Law Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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