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Challenging Islamic Orthodoxy - Accounts of Lia Eden and Other Prophets in Indonesia (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
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Challenging Islamic Orthodoxy - Accounts of Lia Eden and Other Prophets in Indonesia (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Popular Culture, Religion and Society. A Social-Scientific Approach, 1
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This book is the first work that comprehensively presents the
accounts of Lia Eden, a former flower arranger who claims to have
received divine messages from the Archangel Gabriel and founded the
divine Eden Kingdom in her house in Jakarta. This book places Lia
Eden's prophetic trajectory in the context of diverse Indonesian
spiritual and religious traditions, by which hundreds of others
also claimed to have been commanded by God to lead people and to
establish religious groups. This book offers a fresh approach
towards the rich Indonesian religious and spiritual traditions with
particular attention to the accounts of the emergence of indigenous
prophets who founded some popular religions. It presents the
history of prophetic tradition which remains alive in Indonesian
society from the colonial to reform period. It also explores the
ways in which these prophets rebelled against two hegemonies:
colonial power in the past and Islamic orthodoxy in the present.
The discussion of this book focuses on Lia Eden including her
biography, claims to prophethood and divinity, the development of
her group Eden Kingdom, her challenge to Islamic orthodoxy under
the banner of the MUI (Indonesian Ulama Council), her persecution
by radical groups, her experiences in court trials and
imprisonment, and public responses to her emergence. The discussion
also covers other themes currently drawing public attention in
Indonesia, such as pluralism, religious freedom, tolerance,
discrimination against minorities, and secularisation.
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