Dissertation Research: Traditional Islam and Rural Development Among Sundanese of West Java, Indonesia

这项研究探讨了为什么传统的伊斯兰学校（pensantren）在印度尼西亚西爪哇的国家发展努力面前蓬勃发展而不是衰落。该项目将测试东南亚传统宗教在现代背景下既能保持力量又能促进发展的假设。它还将试图确定哪些历史、经济、政治和社会文化因素导致了宗教团体在不失去其宗教独特性的情况下成长和解决发展问题的能力。研究人员假设，正是传统伊斯兰教苏菲主义概念框架的灵活性，加上禅宗在历史上对爪哇乡村生活的中心地位，使得禅宗能够使经济发展目标适应爪哇农村的现实。该项目将提供有关宗教在经济发展中的作用的重要数据。

This research examines why traditional Islamic schools (pensantren) are flourishing rather than declining in the face of national development efforts in West Java, Indonesia. The project will test the hypothesis that traditional religions in Southeast Asia can both maintain their strength and promote development in the modern context. It will also seek to determine what historical, economic, political, and socio-cultural factors account for the pensantren's ability to grow and address development issues without losing their religious distinctiveness. The researcher hypothesizes that it is the flexibility of the Sufistic conceptual framework of traditional Islam, coupled with the centrality of the pensantren historically to Javanese village life, that has enabled the pensantren to adapt economic development goals to rural Javanese realities. The project will provide important data on the role of religion in economic development.