Changes in the Islamic Religion and Their Effects on the Built Environment: Two Cases from Indonesia

When Islam spread to various parts of the world, it did so solely as an ideology, with little, aside from language, of its Arabic origins. Wherever it took hold, it utilized various local forms for its identity. 1 How did this process of combining Islam and local culture work? What effect did the sh...

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Published inUnderstanding Islamic Architecture pp. 65 - 73
Main Authors Moersid, Adhi, Fanani, Achmad, Budhi, Tulus Setyo
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 2002
Edition1
Subjects
Chihil Sutun
Institut Du Monde Arabe
Holy Men
AKTC
Middle East Technical University
Traditional Javanese
Southeast Asian Architecture
Islamic Society
Aga Khan Award
Raj Rewal
Vittorio Gregotti
Aga Khan Program
Pondok Pesantren
Local Culture Work
Menara Mesiniaga
Rasem Badran
Javanese House
Agnostic
Ronald Lewcock
Mahalla
Common Language
Muslim World
Nader Ardalan
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Summary:When Islam spread to various parts of the world, it did so solely as an ideology, with little, aside from language, of its Arabic origins. Wherever it took hold, it utilized various local forms for its identity. 1 How did this process of combining Islam and local culture work? What effect did the shift from pre-lslamic religions to Islam and from Islamic to a more orthodox version have on the built environment? The following study will try to answer these questions, using two cases from Indonesia: the first describes the transformation from a pre-lslamic to an Islamic society, and the second the re-Islamization of an already Islamic society.
ISBN:9780700714384
0700714383
9780700714377
0700714375
DOI:10.4324/9781315028767-11