Islam Beyond Conflict

Indonesian Islam and Western Political Theory

Wayne Hudson, Azyumardi Azra

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9780754670926
• eBook ISBN:
  9781351926027
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Jurisprudence
• Index: Law

Politically, Islam in Indonesia is part of a rich multi-cultural mix. Religious tolerance is seen as the cornerstone of relations between different faiths - and moderation is built into the country's constitutional framework. However, the advent of democracy coupled with the impact of the South-East Asian economic collapse in 1997, and the arrival of a tough new breed of Middle Eastern Islamic preachers, sowed the seeds of the current challenge to Indonesia's traditionally moderate form of Islam. This volume explores the extent to which moderate Indonesian Islam is able to assimilate leading concepts from Western political theory. The essays in the collection explore how concepts from Western political theory are compatible with a liberal interpretation of Islamic universals and how such universals can form the basis for a contemporary approach to the protection of human rights and the articulation of a modern Islamic civil society.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Notes on Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Political Modernity and Indonesian Islam: A Manifesto
• 3 Islamic Perspectives on the Rule of Law and Constitutionalism
• 4 Constitutional Values and an Islamic State
• 5 The Ambiguities of the Rule of Law
• 6 Western and Islamic Conceptions of the Rule of Law
• 7 Democracy and Islam
• 8 Islam and Democratization in Indonesia
• 9 Islam and the Claims of Democracy
• 10 Democratic Leadership
• 11 Islamic Perspectives on Citizenship and Statehood
• 12 Towards a Conceptual Framework for Citizenship
• 13 Liberal and Communitarian Approaches to Citizenship
• 14 Problems with Citizenship
• 15 Religious Pluralism in Indonesia
• 16 Nationalism and Liberalism
• 17 Pluralism and Universalism
• 18 Human Rights and Duties in Islam
• 19 Human Rights and Pluralism
• 20 Civil Society and Tolerance in Indonesia
• 21 Islamic Perspectives on the Rule of Law and Constitutionalism
• 22 Indonesian Islam and Democracy: Ways Ahead
• Index