Islam, law, and equality in Indonesia : an anthropology of public reasoning /
In Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, Muslims struggle to reconcile radically different sets of social norms and laws, including those derived from Islam, local social norms, and contemporary ideas about gender equality and law. John Bowen explores this struggle through arc...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2003
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, Muslims struggle to reconcile radically different sets of social norms and laws, including those derived from Islam, local social norms, and contemporary ideas about gender equality and law. John Bowen explores this struggle through archival and ethnographic research and interviews with national figures. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 289 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-282) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511062370 9780511062377 0511070837 9780511070839 0511179189 9780511179181 9780521824828 0521824826 9780511306235 0511306237 9780521531894 0521531896 9780511615122 0511615124 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
