relation: https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/23779/
title: Challenging Islamic  Orthodoxy  Accounts of Lia Eden and Other Prophets  in Indonesia
creator: Al Makin, .
subject: Agama Dan Filsafat
description: In writing this book, I liken myself to a traveler returning home from a long journey  to a foreign land. This is so, as my dissertation (Makin 2010a) discusses the theme  of prophethood in the Arabian Peninsula during the seventh century. This book still  chooses the subject of prophethood but in a different place and context—that is, in  my homeland, Indonesia. During the course of writing this book, I visited some old  and new friends in Bojonegoro, Yogyakarta, Jakarta, and Medan. I went to the old  places of my childhood and to new places as well, where I found with surprise various  religious traditions. In Indonesian studies, I often hear a dilemma raised by  Indonesian and non-Indonesian scholars—that is, on one hand, Indonesians still  inadequately promote the rich archipelagic traditions and cultures in the world  forum; on the other hand, however, only a few Indonesians pay attention to subjects  or areas outside the country. When I wrote my dissertation at Heidelberg University,  Germany, I was an Indonesian student who underwent the task of studying classical  Arabic literature. Now, I, like many other Indonesian scholars such as Azyumardi  Azra, am concerned by the fact that many works about Indonesia are still penned by  non-Indonesians. Apparently, Indonesians like to talk about themselves, yet their  works are not taken seriously enough to be deemed suitable for publication in  English. When I taught the course “the History of Politics and Religion in Java” at  the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS) and the Center for  Religious and Cross-cultural Studies (CRCS), Gajah Mada University of Yogyakarta,  in 2013, Peter Carey, invited as the guest professor in the course, also raised this  issue. That is, more Indonesian scholars need to promote their own tradition, but at  the same time need to show their knowledge about the world outside of their county.  With this book, I, like many other Indonesian colleagues with their publications,  wish to humbly contribute to scholarly discussion about Indonesia by Indonesians.
publisher: Springer
date: 2016
type: Book
type: PeerReviewed
format: image
language: en
identifier: https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/23779/1/COVER%20challenging%20islamic%20orthodoxy%20complete.pdf
format: archive
language: en
identifier: https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/23779/2/AL%20MAKIN%20-%20challenging%20islamic%20orthodoxy%20complete.DIGILIB.pdf
identifier:   Al Makin, .  (2016) Challenging Islamic Orthodoxy Accounts of Lia Eden and Other Prophets in Indonesia.    Buku, 1 .  Springer, Switzerland.  ISBN 978-3-319-38976-9    (In Press)  
relation: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38978-3
relation: doi:10.1007/978-3-319-38978-3