Includes bibliographical references (pages [230]-257) and index.
Introduction: The problem of political relationship between Islam and the state -- Explaining the uneasy relationship: political antagonism between Islam and the state in Indonesia -- Emergence of the new Islamic intellectualism: three schools of thought -- Implications of the new Islamic intellectualism: ideas and practices -- Beyond parties and parliament: reassessing the political approach of Islam -- Reducing hostility: the accommodative responses of the state -- Conclusion: Towards an integrated political relationship between Islam and the state -- Political Islam in post-Soeharto Indonesia: a postscript