Abstract/Sommario: After a brief presentation of the spreading of Islam in Indonesia. the A. tries to show the tension between 'the efforts to maintain the one universal faith of Islam in Indonesia' and the attempts to adjust to various local situations. He then stresses the conscience the Indonesian Muslim have of sharing with people of other religions the sense of being one nation, one people, using one language. This has produced some significant changes and adaptations of Islam itself to the nationa ...; [Leggi tutto...]
After a brief presentation of the spreading of Islam in Indonesia. the A. tries to show the tension between 'the efforts to maintain the one universal faith of Islam in Indonesia' and the attempts to adjust to various local situations. He then stresses the conscience the Indonesian Muslim have of sharing with people of other religions the sense of being one nation, one people, using one language. This has produced some significant changes and adaptations of Islam itself to the national reality, particularly in the field of interpretation of the 'sharia' and the Quran