Islamisation and Its Opponents in Java: A Political, Social, Cultural and Religious History, c. 1930 to the Present

The Javanese - one of the largest ethnic groups in the Islamic world - were once mostly 'nominal Muslims', with a minority of pious believers and the majority seemingly resistant to Islam's call for greater piety. Over the tumultuous period analyzed here - from colonial rule through Japanese occupation and Revolution to the chaotic democracy of the Sukarno period, the Soeharto regime's aspirant totalitarianism and the democratic period since - that society has changed profoundly to become a...