This book explores the connections between traditional Islamic education, rising religious intolerance, religious attitudes to gender, campaigns for curricula innovation and modernisation, and politics and society in Indonesia.

Tim Lindsey is Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Jamhari Makruf is a Professor and Vice Rector of the Indonesian International Islamic University.

Helen Pausacker is Deputy Director of and a Principal Research Assistant in the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne, Australia.