This book explores the connections between traditional Islamic education, rising religious intolerance, religious attitudes to gender, campaigns for curricula innovation and modernisation, and politics and society in Indonesia. Drawing on extensive original research and the deep experience of the authors, the book highlights tensions between traditional Islamic educators and modernisers, and between different understandings of Islam, emphasising the importance of these issues for the future of Indonesia.
List of Illustrations List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgments Terminology List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Glossary 1 Between Tradition and Change, Moderation and Extremism TIM LINDSEY, HELEN PAUSACKER AND JAMHARI MAKRUF PART I Islamic Schools and Pre-Schools: Moderation and Extremism 2 Religious Discipline in Preschool Education Institutions in Indonesia LIES MARCOES 3 Pesantren and Madrasah in Indonesia: Then and Now ROBERT KINGHAM 4 Islamic Education as Acculturation: Lombok’s Pesantren Darul Falah JEREMY J. KINGSLEY 5 Women, Education and the Pious Feminine in Nahdlatul Wathan, East Lombok BIANCA J. SMITH 6 Women and Change in a Radical Pesantren FARHA ABDUL KADIR (CICIEK) ASSEGAF 7 Indonesian Foreign Fighters, Masculinity and Islamic Boarding Schools NOOR HUDA ISMAIL 8 Living Dangerously: The Impact of COVID-19 on Pesantren LAIFA A. HENDARMIN AND JAMHARI MAKRUF PART II Islamic Higher Education: Rethinking Tradition 9 Comparative Religion, Tolerance and Islamic Higher Education in Indonesia ISMATU ROPI 10 Islamic Studies in Indonesia, from IAIN to UIN: Strengthening the Wasatiyyah Islam AZYUMARDI AZRA 11 State Islamic Universities and Legal Curriculum Reform SIMON BUTT 12 State Islamic Universities and Education Curriculum Reform MARY GALLAGHER 13 Educating Religious Court Judges in Indonesia: Islam, Justice and Gender WINDY TRIANA 14 Private Islamic Universities in Indonesia: Keeping Piety Relevant to Modern Education ALFITRI AND MUZAYYIN AHYAR 15 Disability Rights and Inclusive Education in Islamic Tertiary Education DINA AFRIANTY 16 When ‘Back to the Qur’an and Hadith’ Is No Longer Enough: Radicalisation of Islamic Teaching in Indonesia NADIRSYAH HOSEN Index
Tim Lindsey is Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne, Australia. Jamhari Makruf is a Professor and Vice Rector of the Indonesian International Islamic University. Helen Pausacker is Deputy Director of and a Principal Research Assistant in the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne, Australia.