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John R. Bowen

Muslims through Discourse

Religion and Ritual in Gayo Society

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In this rich account of a Muslim society in highland Sumatra, Indonesia, John Bowen describes how men and women debate among themselves ideas of what Islam is and should be--as it pertains to all areas of their lives, from work to worship. Whereas many previous anthropological studies have concentrated on the purely local aspects of culture, this book captures and analyzes the tension between the local and universal in everyday life. Current religious differences among the Gayo stem from debates between traditionalist and modernist scholars that began in the 1930s, and reveal themselves in the ways Gayo discuss and perform worship, sacrifice,… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-691-02870-5
  • EAN: 9780691028705
  • Produktnummer: 1415011
  • Verlag: University Presses
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
  • Seitenangabe: 376 S.
  • Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.2 cm

Über den Autor


John R. Bowen is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Washington University. He is author of Sumatran Politics and Poetics: Gayo History, 1900-1989 (Yale).

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