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1. Gender and Power in Indonesian Islam

   Leaders, feminists, Sufis and pesantren selves

   Edited by Bianca J. Smith, Mark Woodward

   Series: ASAA Women in Asia Series

   The traditional Islamic boarding schools known as pesantren are crucial centres of Muslim learning and culture within Indonesia, but their cultural significance has been underexplored. This book is the first to explore understandings of gender and Islam in pesantren and Sufi orders in Indonesia. By...

   To Be Published August 20th 2013 by Routledge