A subtle economy of time: Social media and the transformation of Indonesia's Islamic preacher economy

Sláma, Martin

doi:10.1002/sea2.12075

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“…Barendregt described the study of the internet and digital culture in Indonesian Muslims' lives as Islamizing modernity versus modernizing Islam (Barendregt 2009). More specifically, the internet has offered a new public space for women to reflect on both religious and female interests (Slama 2010) and has also played a role in building relationships between preachers and followers by establishing religious authority (Slama 2017). In addition, social media is also used for da'wa to share Islamic knowledge among Muslims teenagers (Nisa 2018).…”

Section: Internet-based Islamic Learning As Religious Populism: Indonmentioning

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Internet and Islamic Learning Practices in Indonesia: Social Media, Religious Populism, and Religious Authority

Solahudin

Fakhruroji

2019

Religions

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Like in many other developing countries, Indonesia’s population has been amongst the most enthusiastic ‘uptakers’ of the internet, especially of social media. Most Indonesians utilize the internet as an information source, including religious ones. Various groups and communities of Islamic studies have appeared on social media along with religious leaders who are also active on social media. Based on the various characteristics that have emerged, Islamic learning practices scattered across various social media platforms have increasingly illustrated the symptoms of religious populism. This is marked by the various socio-religious movements that have emerged from these practices. By using a digital religion perspective in order to observe Islamic learning practices on several social media platforms, this paper argues that social media has become a productive space for the development of religious populism in Indonesia. At first glance, religious populism on social media seems to challenge authoritative figures or religious institutions, but it can also be seen as a way for Islamic agents to convey Islamic teachings in a media-friendly culture.

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Section: Internet-based Islamic Learning As Religious Populism: Indonmentioning

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Internet and Islamic Learning Practices in Indonesia: Social Media, Religious Populism, and Religious Authority

Solahudin

Fakhruroji

2019

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“…Preachers like Felix Siauw have understood that very well and, as Hew shows, have not only accommodated their preaching style to social media but also their attempts to expand their businesses, such as selling Islamic clothes and books. Felix Siauw is thus a representative of Indonesia's Islamic preacher economy that has evolved in tandem with the introduction of electronic media in Indonesia (see also Hoesterey 2016;Slama 2017a).…”

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Practising Islam through social media in Indonesia

Sláma

2018

Indonesia and the Malay World

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“…This plurality of practices reflects both the diversity of digital media and their uses and the popular urge, also pointed out by Barendregt (2012: 214), to 'constantly remind Muslims using (modern information) technology of Allah's greatness and to encourage them to abide by his laws'. As the Internet and social media are accessed mainly via mobile phones (Barendregt 2012: 207), Islamic practices like online da'wah have been built into the rhythms of Muslims' daily lives (Slama 2017). Next to the popularity of Facebook and Instagram, WhatsApp and LINE, both instant messaging mobile applications, have become the most commonly used social media in Bandung, and probably in Indonesia, today.…”

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Sharingsemangat taqwa: social media and digital Islamic socialities in Bandung

Lengauer

2018

Indonesia and the Malay World

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Bandung is home to numerous groups or so called komunitas who effectively seize emerging social spaces evolving from the interplay between urban and technological development and the increased use of social media in all spheres of everyday life, including religious practice. Based on ethnographic online and offline research among Muslim groups, this article enquires into contemporary expressions of piety (taqwa) and the formation of pious Muslims selves across online and offline spheres of interaction. As part of daily practice, social media become sites of digital Islamic socialities that distinguish these Muslim groups from other Islamic movements or religious associations. Beyond the purpose of communication, social media enhance forms of affective awareness and exchange required for the integration of multiple and transient relations. Building on insights from anthropological research on the Internet and the use of digital technologies in Indonesia and beyond, this article shows how social media affect the experience and understandings of personal commitment and social engagement that define contemporary Muslim subjectivities. Embedded in the cyberurban space of Bandung, emerging (digital) Islamic socialities offer new orientations and models of sharing the 'zeal of piety' (semangat taqwa) that are appealing and easily adopted by a young generation of pious Muslims.

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A subtle economy of time: Social media and the transformation of Indonesia's Islamic preacher economy

Cited by 49 publications

References 33 publications

Internet and Islamic Learning Practices in Indonesia: Social Media, Religious Populism, and Religious Authority

Internet and Islamic Learning Practices in Indonesia: Social Media, Religious Populism, and Religious Authority

Practising Islam through social media in Indonesia

Sharingsemangat taqwa: social media and digital Islamic socialities in Bandung

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