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Paperback The Makings of Indonesian Islam: Orientalism and the Narration of a Sufi Past Book

ISBN: 0691162166

ISBN13: 9780691162164

The Makings of Indonesian Islam: Orientalism and the Narration of a Sufi Past

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Indonesian Islam is often portrayed as being intrinsically moderate by virtue of the role that mystical Sufism played in shaping its traditions. According to Western observers--from Dutch colonial administrators and orientalist scholars to modern anthropologists such as the late Clifford Geertz--Indonesia's peaceful interpretation of Islam has been perpetually under threat from outside by more violent, intolerant Islamic traditions that were originally...

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