Nahdlatul Ulama, traditional Islam and modernity in Indonesia
This is the first English-language book on Nahdlatul Ulama Indonesia's largest Islamic organisation & also one of its least studied. Founded in 1926 to defend the interests of traditional Islam, NU has had a tumultuous history as both a political party and a socio-religious organisation. It's behaviour has frequently been enigmatic
Print Book, English, 1996
Monash Asia Institute, Clayton, VIC, Australia, 1996
Monash papers on Southeast Asia, no. 39
History
xxvi, 293 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
9780732610067, 0732610060
35806479
Ch. 1 Wahab Chasbullah, traditionalism and the political development of Nahdlatul Ulama / Greg Fealy
Ch. 2 Traditionalist Islam and the army in Indonesia's new order: the awkward relationship / Andree Feillard
Ch. 3 The radical traditionalism of the Nahdlatul Ylama in Indonesia: a personal account of the 26th National Congress, Juen 1979, Semarang / Mitsuo Nakamura
Ch. 4 NU's leadership crisis and search for identity in the early 1980s: from the 1979 Semarang Congress to the 1984 fSitubondo Congress / Mitsuo Nakamura
Ch. 5 Islam, Pancasila and the Middle Path of Tawassuth: the thought of Achmad Siddiq / Translation and introduction by Greg Barton
Ch. 6 The 28th Congress of the Nahdlatul Ylama: power struggle and social concerns / Martin van Bruinessen
Ch. 7 Traditions for the future: the reconstruction of traditionalist discourse within NU / Martin van Bruinessen
Ch. 8 The liberal, progressive roots of Abdurrahman Wahid's thought / Greg Barton
Ch. 9 Democratisation, religious tolerance and pancasila: the political thought of Abdurrahman Wahid / Douglas E. Ramage
Ch. 10. The 1994 NU congress and aftermath: Abdurrahman Wahid, Suksesi and the battle for control of NU
Errata slip inserted