Mainstreaming Islam in Indonesia

Dr. Inaya Rakhmani is the Director of the Communication Research Centre, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia and an associate at the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Australia. Dr. Rakhmani has a particular interest in the cultural political economy of knowledge, information, and entertainment as well as the role of media in processes of democratisation.

• The Emergence of a Muslim Middle Class in Liberalising Indonesia.- Television and the Da’wah Supermarket.- Commercial Da’wah.- Anxieties of the Muslim Middle Class.- Market-compatible Developmentalism.- Local Subjugations.- Conclusion.

“This study provides a much-needed, original perspective on Islamism by analysing how aspects of Indonesia’s majority religion have been channelled and disseminated to audiences by the country’s most popular mass medium, television. … this book is landmark study in the emerging field of Asian cultural studies. … I highly recommend her book to scholars and students with an interest in media, cultural, sociological and religious studies.” (Edwin Jurriëns, newbooks.asia, February, 2018)