Islam, Education and Radicalism in Indonesia: Instructing Piety - Paperback

by Tim Lindsey (Editor), Jamhari Makruf (Editor), Helen Pausacker (Editor)

This book explores the connections between traditional Islamic education, rising religious intolerance, religious attitudes to gender, campaigns for curricula innovation and modernisation, and politics and society in Indonesia. Drawing on extensive original research and the deep experience of the authors, the book highlights tensions between traditional Islamic educators and modernisers, and between different understandings of Islam, emphasising the importance of these issues for the future of Indonesia.