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James Bourk Hoesterey - Rebranding Islam: Piety, Prosperity, and a Self-Help Guru - 9780804795111 - V9780804795111
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Rebranding Islam: Piety, Prosperity, and a Self-Help Guru

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Description for Rebranding Islam: Piety, Prosperity, and a Self-Help Guru Hardback. Series: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 325 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
Kyai Haji Abdullah Gymnastiar, known affectionately by Indonesians as Aa Gym (elder brother Gym), rose to fame via nationally televised sermons, best-selling books, and corporate training seminars. In Rebranding Islam James B. Hoesterey draws on two years' study of this charismatic leader and his message of Sufi ideas blended with Western pop psychology and management theory to examine new trends in the religious and economic desires of an aspiring middle class, the political predicaments bridging self and state, and the broader themes of religious authority, economic globalization, and the end(s) of political Islam. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804795111
SKU
V9780804795111
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About James Bourk Hoesterey
James B. Hoesterey is Assistant Professor of Religion at Emory University.

Reviews for Rebranding Islam: Piety, Prosperity, and a Self-Help Guru
The author deserves much credit for the strong foundation of anthropological data that characterizes this book.Rebranding Islamis also a notable contribution to the literature on religious commodification in Indonesia....This book is suitable for both undergraduates and graduate students seeking an understanding of alternative sources of religious authority in Indonesia....For non-specialists, this book is source of data on an important personality ... Read more

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