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Struggling for the Umma : changing leadership roles of kiai in Jombang, East Java / Turmudi Endang.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Islam in Southeast Asia series (Online)Publication details: Canberra, A.C.T. : Co-published by ANU E Press and Asia Pacific Press, �2006.Edition: [2006 ed.]Description: 1 online resource (xx, 214 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1920942432
  • 9781920942434
Other title:
  • Changing leadership roles of kiai in Jombang, East Java
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 303.34095982 22
LOC classification:
  • BP63.I5
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Kiai and the Pesantren -- Kiaiship Through the Tarekat Movement -- The Social Reality of Kiaiship -- The Kiai and the Dynamics of Politics at the Local Level -- Islam and Politics: Implications in Electoral Behaviour -- The Kiai in the Context of Socio-Political Change -- The Kiai's Effort in Remoulding Relationships with Other Muslim Groups -- Conclusion.
Scope and content: Focuses on the heartland of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia, and on the role of ulama (religious leaders), or kiai as they are known in Java, within NU. Based on substantial fieldwork, this study provides an informed glimpse into the intimate relationships among kiai, their role in local and national politics and their leadership of the Islamic community. Argues that the charismatic authority exerted through the leadership of the kiai in Java has limitations in terms of its legitimacy. At the very least it has boundaries that determine areas or circumstances for its legitimate expression. It also argues that the kiai's influence in politics is not as strong as in other domains.
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.), Australian National University, February 1996.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Kiai and the Pesantren -- Kiaiship Through the Tarekat Movement -- The Social Reality of Kiaiship -- The Kiai and the Dynamics of Politics at the Local Level -- Islam and Politics: Implications in Electoral Behaviour -- The Kiai in the Context of Socio-Political Change -- The Kiai's Effort in Remoulding Relationships with Other Muslim Groups -- Conclusion.

Focuses on the heartland of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia, and on the role of ulama (religious leaders), or kiai as they are known in Java, within NU. Based on substantial fieldwork, this study provides an informed glimpse into the intimate relationships among kiai, their role in local and national politics and their leadership of the Islamic community. Argues that the charismatic authority exerted through the leadership of the kiai in Java has limitations in terms of its legitimacy. At the very least it has boundaries that determine areas or circumstances for its legitimate expression. It also argues that the kiai's influence in politics is not as strong as in other domains.

The thesis was translated into Indonesian and was published under the title, Perselingkuhan Kiai dan Kekuasasan by the Yogyakarta publisher, Lembaga Kajian Islam dan Sosial (LKiS) in 2003.

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