Seeking Sanctuary in 'the age of disorder': Women in Contemporary Tablighi Jama'at

Amrullah, E

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Seeking Sanctuary in 'the age of disorder': Women in Contemporary Tablighi Jama'at

Date

2011

Authors

Amrullah, E

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

This article addresses the novel phenomenon of the attachment of women from privileged backgrounds to the Tablighi Jamā'at movement in Indonesia. How to understand the involvement of these urban wealthy women who eventually give up their high-class lifes