The notion "dakwah" and its perceptions in Malaysia's Islamic literature of the 1970s and '80s
Consistent with the call of the times to "return" to Islam, Malaysia's "Sastera Islam" (Islamic literature) of the 1970s and '80s upholds literature as a legitimate tool for "dakwah" ("return" to Islam). Within this framework, production of Islamic l...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1989
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Journal of Southeast Asian studies
Year: 1989, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 288-297 |
| Further subjects: | B
Literature
B Islam B Religion B Malaysia B Culture B Malaysia Literature Islam Islamization Religiöse Kultur B Islamization |
| Summary: | Consistent with the call of the times to "return" to Islam, Malaysia's "Sastera Islam" (Islamic literature) of the 1970s and '80s upholds literature as a legitimate tool for "dakwah" ("return" to Islam). Within this framework, production of Islamic literature demonstrates involvement of the "religious" sector and formalistic demands for Islamic moral underpinnings, the latter manifested largely in narrative concerns with individual morality and salvation. (DÜI-Sen) |
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| ISSN: | 0022-4634 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of Southeast Asian studies
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