Intro -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Transliteration -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Islam in Indonesia Prior to the Advance of the Reform Movement -- A. General Considerations -- B. The Attitude toward "Pure" Islamic Religious Belief and Practice -- C. The Dutch Authorities and the Spread of Islam -- D. Retrospective -- Chapter II. Redefining Islamic Orthodoxy in the Indonesian Context -- A. Islamic Orthodoxy: An Overview -- B. Sunnism as Orthodox Islam -- C. Orthodox Islam in Indonesia: Attachment to Sunnism -- D. The Muhammadiyah and the Ahl al-Sunnah -- E. NU and Muhammadiyah: Some Mutual Criticisms -- F. The Ahl al-Sunnah: Another Perspective -- G. Islamic Orthodoxy in Indonesia: Santri versus Abangan -- Chapter III. Reconstructing a Theological Discourse: The Reformist Attempts to Sustain Orthodox Beliefs -- A. The Pillars of Belief in the Muhammadiyah -- B. K.H. Mas Mansoer: Purifying Muslims' Belief -- C. Persatuan Islam: The Fundamental Beliefs -- D. The Belief in al-Qadā' and al-Qadar: A New Development -- E. The Social Dimension of Tawhid: A Further Development -- Chapter IV. The Current Islamic Theological Discourse: Mu'tazilism and Neo-Modernism -- A. Harun Nasution: Toward Islamic Rationalism -- 1. Nasution's Academic Stature and Theological Approach -- 2. Nasution's Presentation of Mu'tazilism -- 3. Mu'in and Hanafi on Mu'tazilism -- 4. Retrospective -- B. Nurcholish Madjid: Cultural Islam -- 1. His Cultural and Scholarly Background -- 2. To Put Islam in an Agreeable Position -- 3. Indonesian Islam and the Idea of Egalitarianism and Pluralism -- 4. Islamic Pluralism and Modern Life -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z.

This work traces the development of 20th century Islamic theological discourse in Indonesia, focussing on how modernist Muslims have constructed their theological thought during this period, which, in turn, reflects their religious understanding in response to the particular demands of their age.

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