Shari'a and Social Engineering : the Implementation of Islamic Law in Contemporary Aceh, Indonesia /

Shari'a and Social Engineering : the Implementation of Islamic Law in Contemporary Aceh, Indonesia /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Feener, R. Michael.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (xxix, 335 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford Islamic Legal Studies Oxford Islamic legal studies.
Subject:	Islamic law -- Indonesia -- Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. Social engineering -- Indonesia -- Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. Social engineering Islamic law. Indonesia -- Aceh. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13452985

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ISBN:	9780191668067 0191668060 9780191668074 0191668079 9780191758072 0191758078 9780199678846 0199678847
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book seeks to open new lines of discussion about how Islamic law is viewed as a potential tool for programs of social transformation in contemporary Muslim society. It does this through a critical examination of the workings of the state shari'a system as it was designed and implemented at the turn of the twenty-first century in Aceh, Indonesia. While the empirical details of these discussions are unique, this particular case presents a remarkable site for investigating thebroader issue of the impact of instrumentalist, future-oriented visions of Islamic law on modern Muslim calls for the.
Other form:	Print version: Feener, R. Michael. Shari'a and Social Engineering. Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2013 9780191668074

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Islam in visions of Aceh's past (and future)
Reconfigurations of religious education and authority
Institutionalizing the Ulama
The legislation of Islam
The jurisdiction and jurisprudence of Shari'a courts
State-directed Dawa and the Shari'a bureaucracy
Sanctions and socialization
Shari'a and social engineering.