The Divine Bureaucracy and Disenchantment of Social Life [electronic resource] : a Study of Bureaucratic Islam in Malaysia.

This book traces the expansion of Islamisation within a modern and plural state such as Malaysia. It elaborates on how elements of theology, sacred space, resources, and their interactivity with secular instruments such as legislative, electoral, and new social technological platforms are all instru...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Maznah Mohamad
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Series:Contestations in contemporary Southeast Asia.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Bureaucratisation and Disenchantment
  • 2. Origins of the Divine Bureaucracy
  • 3. Features of the Divine Bureaucracy
  • 4. Standardising Faith
  • 5. Ring-Fencing Constituents
  • 6. Perfecting Family
  • 7. Purifying Money
  • 8. The Power of Disenchantment.