From Puzzle to Paradigm: A Kuhnian Perspective on Javanese Islam
Drawing on Kuhn’s understanding of scientific paradigms as exemplary ways of problem solving, this article critically assesses the current status of the study of Javanese Islam, in particular the long-standing debate on its nature. Is it a syncretist, animist religion or is it essentially Islamic? A...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Numen
Year: 2023, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 401-427 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Java
/ Islam
/ Paradigm
/ Science of Religion
/ History 1768-2023
/ Orientalism (Cultural sciences)
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam KBM Asia TJ Modern history TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Paradigm
B philosophy of science B Religious Studies B Javanese Islam B Javanese studies |
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