The last decade has seen widespread Islamic religious revitalization in Southeast Asia; a region with a Muslim population almost as large as that of the entire Arabic-speaking Middle East. One such movement in 1990s Indonesia promoted engagement with the Qurân through memorization; reading; skilled performance; and popular competitions in recitation. This movement drew on longstanding structures of Islamic education and piety; social interests; Southeast Asian patterns of performance and aesthetics; and unique features of the Qurân itself. Based on fieldwork in South Sulawesi and elsewhere in Indonesia; Perfection Makes Practice vividly portrays Indonesian Muslims' committed practice of perfecting their own (and others') Qurânic piety.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Pablo A CalvanVery useful reference volume0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A classic. Actually; a LOT of classics.By K. PurscellI'm planning to use this text in an undergraduate introduction to the exegesis of religious sacred texts. I selected it because it had a very broad range of sacred texts; because it used larger excerpts than some other anthologies; and because most of the selections I could find the references and the immediate context. (A few selections still require some diligent search.) Ask me at the end of the semester how well it went.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Sarah GilmerExactly what I needed for my Comparative World Religion class
