Islamisation and Its Opponents in Java: A Political, Social, Cultural and Religious History, C. 1930 to the Present

by M.C. Ricklefs

The Javanese - one of the largest ethnic groups in the Islamic world - were once mostly 'nominal Muslims', with pious believers a minority and the majority seemingly resistant to Islam's call for greater piety. Over the tumultuous period analyzed here - from colonial ruler through Japanese occupation and Revolution to the chaotic democracy of the Sukarno period, the Soeharto regime's aspirant totalitarianism and the democratic period since - that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824837339
• ISBN13: 9780824837334
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"