What Is Religious Authority? : Cultivating Islamic Communities in Indonesia

Ismail Fajrie Alatas

ISBN 10: 0691204314 / ISBN 13: 9780691204314

Edité par Princeton University Press Jun 2021, 2021

A propos de cet article

Neuware - 'Our shared understanding of religious authority owes much to the classic writings of sociologist Max Weber over a century ago, and in particular to Weber's articulation of charismatic leadership. In this book about the nature of religious authority in a majority Muslim society, Ismail Fajrie Alatas breaks with the Weberian model. He argues that religious authority emanates neither from the charismatic aura of gifted leaders nor to the ways in which such leaders master texts or scriptures deemed foundational by religious tradition. Alatas's core argument is that such authority is always constituted through the ceaseless work of community-building. By 'community building,' Alatas refers to an on-going process of networking, institution-building, counselling, trouble-shooting, advocating, fund-raising and ritual organizing, all with the aim of aligning the community to a foundational past -- to the imagined early days of the religious tradition in question'.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9780691204314

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: What Is Religious Authority? : Cultivating Islamic Communities in Indonesia
• Éditeur: Princeton University Press Jun 2021
• Date de parution: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0691204314
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780691204314
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 229 L x 152 H x 20 P (en millimètres) 229 millimètres de largeur par 152 millimètres de hauteur par 20 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 424 grammes

A propos de ce titre

Synopsis

null

À propos de l?auteur

Ismail Fajrie Alatas is assistant professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University. Twitter and Instagram @ifalatas