Mosques and imams in East Indonesia: some studies

Source: NUS Press website. Cover, Mosques
and Imams.

NUS Press has published Mosques and Imams: Everyday Islam in Eastern Indonesia.

Edited by Kathryn M. Robinson, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the Australian National University, the S$42 work is an introduction to the many ways of being Muslim across this diverse archipelago, from Sulawesi to Maluku and Nusa Tenggara Timor, as seen through the role of imams and the institution of the local mosque.

The volume is not only unique in its geographic coverage, but also in the way it takes as an organising principle the individuals and institutions that embody Islam in local communities, NUS Press said. The book complements and contributes to broader discussions of contemporary issues in Islam and other contemporary religions, including migration, proselytisation, networks, and changing models of religious authority.

Islam is at home in many of the areas of eastern Indonesia, with the early 15th-century Masjid Tua Wapauwe in Northern Maluku arguably the oldest mosque in Indonesia.

Professor Robinson specialises in studies of eastern Indonesia, everyday Islam, social impact of mining, and gender relations.

Details:

Publication year: 2020

Paperback, 292 pp

ISBN: 978-981-325-120-5