Author: Martin Slama

Ambivalence, Discontent, and Divides in Southeast Asia’s Islamic Digital Realms: An Introduction

30 Jun 2021

Ambivalence, Discontent, and Divides in Southeast Asia’s Islamic Digital Realms: An Introduction
Martin Slama, James Bourk Hoesterey Editorial This introductory article to the special issue Ambivalence, Discontent, and Divides in Southeast Asia’s Islamic Digital Realms discusses the latest transformations in the field of Islam in Southeast Asia with a particular focus on digital media. It introduces the three key themes – ambivalence, discontent, divides – through which the special issue approaches contemporary socioreligious phenomena in Islamic Southeast Asia as they find their expressions…

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Tracing Digital Divides in Indonesian Islam: Ambivalences of Media and Class

30 Jun 2021

Tracing Digital Divides in Indonesian Islam: Ambivalences of Media and Class
Martin Slama Article The article examines questions of the digital divide from a religious perspective. It asks about the consequences of unequal access to and limitations on uses of social media among Indonesian Muslims with regard to their Islamic practice and sociality. The article concentrates on two phenomena: Islamic preachers and their affective-cum-economic relationship with their followers who are often organized in Islamic study groups; and online Qur’an…

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