The Co-Evolution of Sacred and Secular: Islamic Law and Family Planning in Indonesia

South East Asia Research, 22, 3, pp 359-378, 2014, DOI: 10.5367/sear.2014.0220

20 Pages Posted: 15 Aug 2015

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Jeremy Menchik

Boston University - Pardee School of Global Studies

Date Written: 2014

Abstract

While scholars of the Islamic revival have devoted attention to the increased prominence of Islamic law [the shari’a] in the once-secular public sphere, less attention has been paid to a countervailing trend. By mapping the evolution of Islamic law over the twentieth century, the author demonstrates that the shari’a is a product of decades of negotiations between Islamic institutions and more secular authorities including government ministers, doctors and social movements. This evolution suggests that secular authority and secular forms of knowledge have influenced but not displaced religious authority and religious forms of knowledge. The opposite is also true. This finding raises questions about the binary distinction between secular and sacred authority and suggests the co- evolution of religion and secularism in modern Muslim societies.

Keywords: politics, secularism, women, shari’a, Islam, Indonesia

Suggested Citation

Menchik, Jeremy, The Co-Evolution of Sacred and Secular: Islamic Law and Family Planning in Indonesia (2014). South East Asia Research, 22, 3, pp 359-378, 2014, DOI: 10.5367/sear.2014.0220, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2643928

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