Islam, Law, and Equality in Indonesia: An Anthropology of Public Reasoning

by John R. Bowen

Muslims currently struggle to reconcile radically different sets of social norms and laws (including those derived from Islam, as well as contemporary ideas about gender equality and law) in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country. John Bowen explores their struggle through archival and ethnographic research and interviews with national religious and legal figures. His book relates to debates in any society where people struggle to live together with extreme differences in values and lifestyles and is welcomed by scholars and students in all branches of the social sciences.

289 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 1999

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John Richard Bowen

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Reviews

[Jeremy · Rating 5 out of 5]

What does law look like on the ground? Especially in developing states? Nothing like the US model, and that is not necessarily a bad thing.