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be read. Books, magazines, newspapers,
and pamphlets contribute to produce
religious meaning as all of them cause
significant alterations in the formation
of religious authority in Indonesian
Muslim society. Here, Islamic reformism
contributes to the construction of the
fundament upon which religious plurality
can be build, a basis where new voices
of Islam can come to the surface.
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Therefore, the publication of Islamic
books has laid the foundation for the rise
of “civil pluralism” and —presumably—
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for the dissemination of “civilized society”
in Indonesia.

99. Burhanudin, “The Fragmentation of Religious
Authority”, 54-55.
100. Eickelman and Anderson, “Redefining Muslim
Publics,” 1-8, as cited by Burhanudin in “The
Fragmentation of Religious Authority”, 55.

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