This highly informative and insightful study opens numerous windows into the history of Islamic religious thought in the Malay-Indonesian world from the thirteenth to the late twentieth century. The a
In this book Peter G. Riddell studies the two earliest works of Qur’anic exegesis from the Malay-Indonesian world. He explores the 17th century context in the Sultanate of Aceh that produced them and
Goes beyond current events to discuss the history of Islam, describe its basic structure and beliefs, explore the current division between Muslim moderates and extremists, challenge stereotypes, and s
To the vast majority of the English public, the role of the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has often been distant and incomprehensible, its judges a caste apart from society. The Power of Judges
Despite the increase in the number of studies in International Relations using concepts from a role theory perspective, scholarship continues to assume that a state’s own expectations of what role it
