Journal Title
Title of Journal: Cont Islam
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Abbravation: Contemporary Islam
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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Authors: Nancy J SmithHefner
Publish Date: 2011/08/26
Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 259-261
Abstract
This volume is a collection of articles written by the author between 1985 and 2010 Theoretically situated between cultural anthropology and religious studies the essays are based on a careful reading of Indonesian Islamic texts and three decades of ethnographic research in the Sultanate of Yogyakarta in southcentral Java Indonesia Several of the chapters were previously published but these have been revised and significantly expanded for this new volume Two of the book chapters are completely new All of the essays bear witness to Woodward’s lifelong effort to understand Islam in Java from both a local and transregional perspectiveThe volume poses two questions at the heart of the contemporary study of Islam in Java How is Islam understood and lived in Java p v and how can we best study local variants of transcultural religions p 40 In addressing these questions Woodward focuses his attention on several socioreligious phenomena including Javanese prayer meals
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