Sultans, Shamans, and Saints: Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia Siam Review of Hansen

Review of Hansen

something comprehensive but not too long

tracking the change from a traditional approach of “renovation” to the modern concept of conservation

Martin Stuart-Fox is Emeritus Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Queensland and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

Sultans, Shamans, and Saints: Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia Siam Review of HansenBy the fourteenth century the Islamic faith had spread via maritime trade routes to Southeast Asia where, over the next seven hundred years, it would have a continuing influence on political life, social customs, and the development of the arts. Sultans, Shamans, and Saints looks at Islam in Southeast Asia during four major eras: its arrival (to 1300), the first flowering of Islamic identity (13001800), the era of imperialism (18001945), and the era