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Selected Publications: Articles, Chapters, and Essays

  • “Buddhism and Worldliness in Modern Taiwan”. Journal of Contemporary Religion (forthcoming)
  • “Islam, Travel and Learning.” Journeys: International Journal of Travel and Travel Writings (forthcoming).
  • “Pacifying the Radicals: Religious Radicalism, Islamist Militancy and Peacebuilding Approaches in Contemporary Indonesia”. JATI-Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 24 (1): 1-24.
  • "Saudi-Indonesian Relations: Historical Dynamics and Contemporary Development" (with Shafi Aldamer). Asian Perspective 42 (2018): 121-44.
  • "King Salman's Historic Visit to Indonesia: Mirror of a Changing Saudi Arabia." Middle East-Asia Project (2018).
  • "Indonesia's Islamist Mobilization." Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia 22 (2018).
  • "Arabs and Indo-Arabs in Indonesia: Historical Dynamics, Social Relations, and Contemporary Change. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies 13:2 (2017): 45-72.
  • “The Paradox of Civil Society: The Case of Maluku, Eastern Indonesia. Asian Journal of Social Science 46 (2018): 5-34.
  • Religious Violence, Peacebuilding, and Mennonite: The Case of Indonesia.” In Andre Klager, ed. The Historical Seeds of Mennonite Peacebuilding: History, Analysis, and Application. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2015.
  • "Christianity and Militancy in Eastern Indonesia: Revisiting the Maluku Violence." Southeast Asian Studies 4:2 (2015): 313-339
  • "Interethnic Violence, Separatism, and Political Reconciliation in Turkey and Indonesia." India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs 71:2 (2015): 126-145.
  • “Ambonese Muslim Jihadists, Islamic Identity, and the History of Christian-Muslim Rivalry in the Moluccas”. The International Journal of Asian Studies 12:1 (2015): 1-29.
  • “Reconciliation from Below: Religious Conflict and Grassroots Agency for Peace in Post-New Order Indonesia.” Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies 48:2 (2014): 135-162
  • “Sectarian Violence and Grassroots Peacemakers in Central Java.” Middle East-Asia Project Bulletin (June issue, 2014).
  • "Tawhid as an Anthropocentric Theism: the Islamic Roots of Liberation, Justice and Peace." Islamic Studies 51:3 (2016): 297-235.
  • “Religious Women for Peace and Reconciliation in Contemporary Indonesia”. International Journal of World Peace Vol. XXXI, No. 1 (2014): 27-58.
  • “Democracy and Islam in Indonesia”, a book review of Marjam Kunkler and Alfred Stephan (eds.). New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. Pacific Affairs 87:4.
  • “Public Islam in Southeast Asia: Late Modernity, Resurgent Religion, and Muslim Politics.” Studia Islamika 20:3 (2013): 399-442.
  • “Violence and Vengeance: Religious Conflict and Its Aftermath in Eastern Indonesia,” a book review of Christopher Duncan. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2013. Anthropological Forum: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Comparative Sociology.
  • “Southeast Asia: History, Modernity, and Religious Change”. Borneo Journal of Religious Studies 2:2 (2013): 145-166. 
  • “Peacebuilding in Indonesia: Christian-Muslim Alliances in Ambon Island.” Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 24:3 (2013): 349-367.  
  • “King Abdullah and the Reformation of Saudi Arabia”. Jakarta Globe, February 21 (2013).
  • “Between Radicalism and Pluralism: the Challenge of Interfaith Engagement in Contemporary Indonesia.” Christian Theological Conference Bulletin Vol. XXVIII, No.2 (2012): 58-72.
  • “Catholics, Muslims, and Global Politics in Southeast Asia.” Al-Jami’ah Journal of Islamic Studies 50:2 (2012): 391-430.
  • “Nahdlatul Ulama: Good Governance and Religious Tolerance in Indonesia”. Contending Modernities Blog. University of Notre Dame: Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, 2012.  
  • “Interfaith Women’s Peacemaking in Indonesia”. Peace Policy, October 17 (2012).  
  • “The Myth of Western-Muslim Clash”. Contending Modernities Blog. University of Notre Dame: Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, 2012. 
  • “Zheng He and Chinese Muslims in Indonesia’s Past.” In Chia Lin Sien and Sally K. Church (eds.),  Zheng He and the Afro-Asian World, pp. 171-186. Singapore: International Zheng He Society, 2012.
  • “The Luther of Shi’i Islam.” Walisongo Journal of Research on Society and Religion 20:1 (2012): 137-164. 
  • “In Search of Socio-Historical Roots of Southeast Asia’s Islamist Terrorism.” Journal of Indonesian Islam 4:1 (2011): 205-39.
  • “Calling for an Islamic Protestantism in Indonesia and Beyond: Towards Democratic and Pluralistic Islam.” Journal of Indonesian Islam 2:1 (2009): 151-177.
  • “The Tao of Islam: Cheng Ho and the Legacy of Chinese Muslims in Pre-Modern Java.” Studia Islamika: Journal of Islamic Studies 16:1 (2009): 51-78.

Selected Publication: Books (in English and Indonesian)

  • Saudi Arabia and Indonesian Networks: Migration, Education and Islam. London: I.B. Tauris & Bloomsbury, 2019.
  • Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia. London, UK: Routledge, 2016. 
  • Islam dan Sistem Perbankan. Semarang: eLSA Press, 2019
  • Islam Kaku Tidak Laku: Potret Masyarakat Arab dan Dunia Islam. Semarang: eLSA Press, 2019. 
  • Agama dan Kepercayaan Nusantara. Editor. Semarang: eLSA Press, 2019. 
  • Agama dan Kebudayaan Nusantara. Editor. Semarang: elSA Press, 2019
  • Islam dan Kristen: Dinamika Pasca-Konfik dan Masa Depan Perdamaian di Ambon. Jakarta: BPK Gunung Mulia, 2018.
  • Polemik Rokok Konvensional dan Potensi Produk Tembakau Alternatif di Indonesia. Semarang: eLSA Press, 2018  
  • Islam, Arab dan Indonesia. 5 vols. Semarang: eLSA Press. 2017-2018.
  • Agama di Panggung Kuasa. Semarang: eLSA Press, 2017
  • Dialog Agama dan Peradaban. Semarang:eLSA Press, 2017.
  • Indahnya Keragaman. Bandung: Nuansa Cendekia, 2016
  • Nahdlatul Ulama: Dari Politik Kekuasaan ke Pemikiran Keagamaan. Semarang: Elsa Press. 2014.
  • Berguru Ke Kiai Bule. Bandung: Mizan, 2013.
  • Islam Postliberal: Agama, Kebebasan, dan Kemanusiaan. Semarang: Elsa Press, 2012.
  • Among the Believers: Kisah Seorang Muslim Tinggal bersama Mennonite Amerika. Semarang: Elsa Publishing, 2011.
  • Semar Dadi Ratu: Mengenang Gus Dur Kala Jadi Presiden. Semarang: Elsa Press, 2010.
  • Lubang Hitam Agama: Melawan Ekstremisme Agama. Yogyakarta: Rumah Kata, 2004.
  • Arus China-Islam-Jawa. Jakarta: INTI, 2003.  
  • KH MA Sahal Mahfudh: Era Baru Fiqih Indonesia. Yogyakarta: CERMIN, 1999.
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