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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Turmudi, Endang.
Edition:	[2006 ed.].
Imprint:	Canberra, A.C.T. : Co-published by ANU E Press and Asia Pacific Press, ©2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 214 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Islam in Southeast Asia series Islam in Southeast Asia series (Online)
Subject:	N.U. (Organization) -- Publishing. N.U. (Organization) Community leadership -- Indonesia -- Java. Ulama -- Indonesia -- Java. Islam and politics -- Indonesia -- Java. Islamic sociology. Community leadership. Islam and politics. Islamic sociology. Politics and government Publishers and publishing. Ulama. Java (Indonesia) -- Politics and government. Indonesia -- Java. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11396538

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Changing leadership roles of kiai in Jombang, East Java
ISBN:	1920942432 9781920942434
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.), Australian National University, February 1996. Includes bibliographical references. 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.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: 1920942424

Table of 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.