{"title":"Ismail Fajrie Alatas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIsmail Fajrie Alatas\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the dynamics of religious authority and its role within society. His work delves into the complexities of spiritual leadership and the frameworks that shape religious influence, providing readers with thoughtful analysis grounded in contemporary discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e category, Alatas's writings serve as valuable resources for anyone interested in understanding the intersections of religion, power, and community. His approach blends scholarly rigour with accessible language, making these texts suitable for both academic study and personal enrichment.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"what-is-religious-authority-by-ismail-fajrie-alatas-9780691204314","title":"What Is Religious Authority?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn anthropologist's groundbreaking account of how Islamic religious authority is assembled through the unceasing labour of community building on the island of Java.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis compelling book draws on Ismail Fajrie Alatas's unique insights as an anthropologist to provide a new understanding of Islamic religious authority, showing how religious leaders unite diverse aspects of life and contest differing Muslim perspectives to create distinctly Muslim communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaking readers from the eighteenth century to today, Alatas traces the movements of Muslim saints and scholars from Yemen to Indonesia and looks at how they traversed complex cultural settings while opening new channels for the transmission of Islamic teachings. He describes the rise to prominence of Indonesia's leading Sufi master, Habib Luthfi, and his rivalries with competing religious leaders, revealing why some Muslim voices become authoritative while others don't. Alatas examines how Habib Luthfi has used the infrastructures of the Sufi order and the Indonesian state to build a durable religious community, while deploying genealogy and hagiography to present himself as a successor of the Prophet Muhammad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChallenging prevailing conceptions of what it means to be Muslim, \u003cem\u003eWhat Is Religious Authority?\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates how the concrete and sustained labours of translation, mobilisation, collaboration, and competition are the very dynamics that give Islam its power and diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47601314889964,"sku":"9780691204314","price":89.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/87db629c773eeea30bff3981d83fd069.jpg?v=1778018207"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ismail-fajrie-alatas.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}