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Religion plays a key role in everyday affairs in Indonesia—including governance at the local, regional and national level. This book investigates the local governance landscape of the world's largest Muslim majority state, Indonesia, by providing a detailed account of local communities and religious authority on the eastern Indonesian island of Lombok—one of the nation's most pious areas. In particular, this book considers the interaction of state and non-state actors and institutions and how these institutions are interwoven into a fabric of governance. Through an ethnographic case study of an Islamic boarding school, Darul Falah, and the community committed to it, this book trains its ...
Berbagai konflik pernah terjadi di wilayah Indonesia. Ada konflik yang berlatar belakang primordial, ada yang berakar pada persaingan ideologi dan kekuasaan, dan ada pula yang dilandasi oleh sentimen status sosial ekonomi. Konflik sejatinya memang tidak pernah hilang dalam kehidupan manusia, dan bahkan dalam momen tertentu konflik ini diperlukan terjadi, karena dibutuhkan untuk mendinamisir kompetisi dalam masyarakat. Dengan adanya konflik masing-masing pihak dipaksa untuk mendengar dan memahami beragam kepentingan yang ada di dalam komunitasnya. Karenanya dalam batas-batas tertentu konflik juga mendorong kemajuan. Meski demikian, konflik-konflik yang terjadi selama ini secara jelas telah me...
Sociopolitical Islam and radicalism in Indonesia; collection of articles.
In Monks in Motion, Jack Meng-Tat Chia explores why Buddhist monks migrated from China to Southeast Asia, and how they participated in transregional Buddhist networks across the South China Sea. This book tells the story of three prominent monks--Chuk Mor (1913-2002), Yen Pei (1917-1996), and Ashin Jinarakkhita (1923-2002)--and examines the connected history of Buddhist communities in China and maritime Southeast Asia in the twentieth century.
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Ethnicity influences in political reform in several regions in Indonesia.
Buku ini hadir sebagai upaya memberikan sumbangsih pemikiran, di mana intensitas interaksi masyarakat Indonesia dengan berbagai paham/ aliran/ idiologi ataupun pemikiran yang datang dari luar yang semakin kompleks. Dibutuhkan pondasi yang kuat agar mampu menjamin keutuhan Negara Kesatuan Repuplik Indonesia yang sangat heterogen dalam hal suku, agama, ras dan atargolongan (SARA). Paham keberagamaan yang moderat yakni sikap moderasi beragama yang dikenal dengan istilah Islam wasathiyah menjadi salah satu pondasi penting bagi utuhnya NKRI. Islam wasathiyah sangat diperlukan dan perlu disosialisasikan lebih awal khususnya kepada lembaga pendidikan nasional maupun lembaga pendidikan keagamaan.
This book explores the forestry sector and its context, investigating the management of forest resources in Indonesia. It covers topics including forest fires, deforestation, water pollution, depletion of biodiversity, climate change and environmental damages. The book adopts a political economy approach, elaborating on the role of direct actors such as the central government, private companies and local governments, and the role of indirect actors. In addition, readers will discover anthropological and sociological perspectives through engagement with local communities such as the Kutai, Banjar and Rejang ethnic groups, Chinese trading communities, NGOs and Academics. Featuring interviews w...
Study of the impact of modernism on religious life of Muslim community in Indonesia.
Muslim saints and sufism in Lombok; study of Islam Wetu Telu.