


PART I: THE SOCIOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF RELIGION IN CENTRAL JAVA 1. The Morphologies of the Javanese Muslim Community 6. The Incorporation of Islam: The Umat a Transposable Landscape of Belief 4. The Sociology of a “Pluralistic” Cosmos 3. Javanese Islam in Monsoon Southeast Asia 2. List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Cosmology, Conversion and Community in Javanese Islam 1. Typeset by Superskill Graphics Pte Ltd Printed in Singapore by Utopia Press Pte Ltd iv ISBN 981-230-242-5 (hard cover) Cover photograph: Northern flank of the volcano Merapi, Central Java, by author. Jawa Tengah (Indonesia)-Religious life and customs.

Durga– (Hindu deity)-Cult-Indonesia-Jawa Tengah. Javanese (Indonesian people)-Indonesia-Jawa Tengah-Religious life and customs. Durga’s mosque: cosmology, conversion and community in Central Javanese Islam. ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Headley, Stephen Cavanna. © 2004 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore The responsibility for facts and opinions in this publication rests exclusively with the author and his interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the publisher or its supporters. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. iiįirst published in Singapore in 2004 by ISEAS Publications Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: Website: All rights reserved. ISEAS Publications works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world.

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