Islam and the state in Indonesia

President Soeharto's departure from office in May 1998 brought tremendous and far-reaching impacts to Indonesia's political landscape. This work explains the relationship between Islam and the state and politics in contemporary Indonesia Introduction: The problem of political relationship between Islam and the state -- Explaining the uneasy relationship: political antagonism between Islam and the state in Indonesia -- Emergence of the new Islamic intellectualism: three schools of thought -- Implications of the new Islamic intellectualism: ideas and practices -- Beyond parties and parliament: reassessing the political approach of Islam -- Reducing hostility: the accommodative responses of the state -- Conclusion: Towards an integrated political relationship between Islam and the state -- Political Islam in post-Soeharto Indonesia: a postscript "This book explains the relationship between Islam and the state and politics in contemporary Indonesia. President Soeharto's departure from office in May 1998 brought tremendous and far-reaching impacts to Indonesia's political landscape. At least 181 new political parties came into being, a sizeable portion of which use Islam as their symbol and ideological basis."--BOOK JACKET. Islam and state—Indonesia.Islam and politics—Indonesia.Indonesia—Politics and government—1966–1998.Indonesia—Politics and government—1998–