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"A groundbreaking book on solving our growing energy problems. In this visionary book, leading energy industry executive Robert Hefner puts forth a convincing case about how the world can move beyond its current dependence on oil and toward a new era of clean, renewable energy. Written with the knowledge and authority of a major player in this industry, Hefner relates how misguided government policies and vested industry interests have contributed to our current energy problems and proposes a variety of measures that could encourage the use of natural gas, solar, wind, and hydrogen. Convincingly makes the case that natural gas is the essential bridge fuel to a new era of clean, renewable energy sources. Details how natural gas can help break our oil and coal dependency. Offers a sweeping, historic picture of the world energy situation. Presents a compelling and provocative case that natural gas is key to our short-term energy problems. A well-written and engaging book that mixes personal anecdotes and experiences with insightful analysis, The Grand Energy Transition is a powerful argument about how we can best solve our toughest energy problems"--Provided by publisher

Speaking through Silence: Narratives, Social Conventions, and Power in Java. Laine Berman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 256 pp.Shifting Languages: Interaction and Identity in Javanese Indonesia. J. Joseph Errington. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.216 pp.

Religions in Practice: An Approach to the Anthropology of Religion. John R. Bowen. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn &Bacon, 1998. 272pp.

"Islam and Citizenship in Indonesia examines the conditions facilitating democracy, women's rights, and inclusive citizenship in Indonesia, the most populous Muslim majority country and the third largest democracy in the world . The book shows that Muslim understandings of Islamic traditions and ethics have co-evolved with the understanding and practice of democracy and citizen belonging. Following 32 years of authoritarian rule, in 1998 this sprawling Southeast Asian country returned to electoral democracy. The achievement brought with it, however, an upsurge in both the numbers and assertiveness of Islamist militias, as well as a sharp increase in violence against religious minorities. The resulting mobilizations have pitted the Muslim supporters of an Indonesian variety of inclusive citizenship against populist proponents of Islamist majoritarianism. Seen from this historical example, the book demonstrates that Muslim actors come to know and practice Islam in a manner, not determined in an unchanging way by scriptural commands, but in co-evolution with broader currents in politics, society, and citizen belonging. By exploring these questions in both an Indonesian and comparative context, this book offers important lessons on the challenge of democracy and inclusive citizenship in the Muslim-majority world. Well written and informative, this book will be suitable for adoption in university courses on Islam, Southeast Asian Politics, Indonesian and Asian Studies, as well as courses dealing with religion, democracy, and citizen belonging in multicultural societies around the world. The book will be of interest to the general reader with an interest in Islam, citizenship, and democracy"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Half Title -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Society and Morality in the New Asian Capitalisms -- Part 1: Chinese Capitalisms and Cultural Pluralism -- 1 Culture and Organization in Taiwan's Market Economy -- 2 Divided Market Cultures in China: Gender, Enterprise, and Religion -- 3 Getting Rich Is Not So Glorious: Contrasting Perspectives on Prosperity Among Muslims and Han in China -- Part 2: Indigenes and Chinese in Southeast Asia -- 4 Business Success Among Southeast Asian Chinese: The Role of Culture, Values, and Social Structures -- 5 Constituting Capitalist Culture: The Singapore Malay Problem and Entrepreneurship Reconsidered -- 6 The "Great Transformation" Among Negeri Sembilan Malays, with Particular Reference to Chinese and Minangkabau -- Part 3: Southeast Asian Capitalisms -- 7 Women Traders in Javanese Marketplaces: Ethnicity, Gender, and the Entrepreneurial Spirit -- 8 Markets and Justice for Muslim Indonesians -- 9 Contingent Moralities: Social and Economic Investment in a Philippine Fishing Town -- 10 State Stigma, Family Prestige, and the Development of Commerce in the Red River Delta of Vietnam -- 11 Engendered Entrepreneurship: Ideologies and Political-Economic Transformation in a Northern Vietnamese Center of Ceramics Production -- About the Book and Editor -- About the Contributors -- Index

Indonesia at the crossroads : imbroglios of religion, state, and society in an Asian Muslim nation / Robert W. Hefner -- Gender legacies and modern transitions / Barbara Watson Andaya -- Ethnic groups and the Indonesian nation-state : with special reference to ethnic Chinese ethnic diversity and legacies / Leo Suryadinata -- Constitutions and constitutionalism / Simon Butt -- The making of a national educational system / Christopher Bjork and Raihani -- Problems of democratization : an overview / Edward Aspinall -- Parties and party politics in the post-reformasi era / Dirk Tomsa -- The ephemeral nature of local political monopolies / Michael Buehler -- Ethnic, religious, and regional conflict / Chris Wilson -- Historical justice and the case of the 1965 killings / Katharine McGregor -- The Indonesian Armed Forces, coalitional presidentialism and democratization : from Praetorian guard to imagined balance of power / Marcus Mietzner -- Everyday citizenship in democratizing Indonesia / Gerry van Klinken and Ward Berenschot -- New Muslim cultures of capitalist enterprise / Gwenaël Njoto-Feillard -- Chinese Indonesians : businesses, ethnicity, and religion / Juliette Koning -- Consumption and the new middle classes / Carla Jones -- Reinventing "wonderful Indonesia" : tourism, economy, and society / Kathleen M. Adams -- The religious field : plural legacies and contemporary contestations / Robert W. Hefner -- Islamization, law, and the Indonesian courts : the more things change... / Tim Lindsey -- The special status of Islamic Aceh / Arskal Salim -- Salafism in Indonesia : transnational Islam, violent activism, and cultural resistance / Noorhaidi Hasan -- Christians in Indonesia / Jan S. Aritonang -- Hinduism and Buddhism in an islamizing Indonesia / Martin Ramstedt -- The politics and law of religious governance / Zainal Abidin Bagir -- Islamic populism in Indonesia : emergence and limitations / Vedi R. Hadiz -- Gender culture and politics in post New Order Indonesia / Kathryn Robinson -- Gender and sexual plurality in Indonesia : past and present / Sharyn Graham Davies -- Courtship and marriage in Indonesia's new Muslim middle class / Nancy J. Smith-Hefner -- Women's responses to the implementation of Islamic law in Aceh / Dina Afrianty -- Popular culture and identity politics / Ariel Heryanto -- Nation, islam, and gender in dangdut, Indonesia's most popular music / Andrew N. Weintraub -- Language diversity and language change / Zane Goebel -- A "tolerant" Indonesia? : Indonesian Muslims in comparative perspective / Jeremy Menchik and Katrina Trost -- Public diplomacy and the global dissemination of "moderate Islam" / James Bourk Hoesterey

Shari`a law and the quest for a modern Muslim ethics / Robert W. Hefner -- Shari`a and the rule of law / Anver M. Emon -- Moral contestations and patriarchal ethics : women challenging the justice of Muslim family laws / Ziba Mir-Hosseini -- Gender, legality, and public ethics in Morocco / Zakia Salime -- Constitutionalizing a democratic Muslim state without shari`a: the religious establishment in the Tunisian 2014 constitution / Malika Zeghal -- Transformations in Muslim views about "forbidding wrong": the rise and fall of Islamist litigation in Egypt / Clark B. Lombardi and Connie J. Cannon -- Shari`a, Islamic ethics, and democracy : the crisis of the "Turkish model" / Ahmet T. Kuru -- Islamic modernism, ethics, and shari`a in Pakistan / Muhammad Qasim Zaman -- "Shari`a" as a moving target? the configuration of regional and national fields of Muslim debate in Mali / Dorothea E. Schulz -- Syariah, Inc.: continuities, transformations, and cultural politics in Malaysia's Islamic judiciary / Michael G. Peletz -- Islamic ethics and Muslim feminism in Indonesia / Robert W. Hefner