Living in a Sacred Cosmos: Indonesia and the Future of Islam.

This book focuses on Indonesia as the country that has the most significant number of Muslims in the world and analyzes the intricate relations between modernity and religions, especially Islam, that shaped the Indonesian people's way of thinking and behaving. It demonstrates how Indonesia is unique for having a culture that merges traditional culture, modernity, and religious values, in which sacred cosmos still becomes a reality for Indonesians. One may have the impression that the term suggests Islam as the main character of Indonesian society, which contradicts the author's idea of Indonesia as nurtured by several ancient civilizations. [Extracted from the article]

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