Prof Robert Hefner interviewed by Dr. Alice Evans for her podcast “Rocking our Priors”
Prof Robert Hefner was interviewed by Dr Alice Evans for her pod cast series “Rocking our Priors.” Evans interviews leading experts on growth, governance, & gender inequalities. She is a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, and Faculty Associate at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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“Islam And Citizenship in Indonesia”: Robert Hefner
Professor Robert Hefner has a tremendous new book, “Islam and Citizenship in Indonesia: Democracy and the Quest for an Inclusive Public Ethics”. It’s one of my favourite books of the year, drawing on thirty years of ethnographic research. Today, he joins “Rocking Our Priors”. We discuss:
Indonesia’s religious history
Why have Hinduism and Buddhism have largely faded in Indonesia?
Why were madrasas were rare until the 19th century?
What explains the rise in normative Islam?
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Economic development and technological advances?
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Backlash against secular schooling?
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Criminality and demand for moral order?
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Saudi funding
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
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