Sunday April 7th at 7:00 pm

Doors open at: 6 pm

Professor George Quinn, from Australian National University, will speak about his new book that traces the dynamics of religious change and pilgrimage on the Island of Java in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation.

The event is in English

Entry: 40NIS, for use in the restaurant

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Bandit Saints of Java by Australian academic George Quinn dives deep under the surface of modern Indonesia to reveal an astonishing world of sacred places, eccentric saints and non-standard Islamic devotions. Making extensive use of Javanese-language sources, Bandit Saints of Java paints a very personal, vividly written portrait of Java’s burgeoning culture of saint veneration. As religious issues begin to loom large in campaigning for the presidential and legislative elections of April 17, Bandit Saints of Java is essential reading. It looks far beyond party politics and media stampedes to the colourful, half-hidden world of popular religion and its ancient stories that are challenging fundamentalist Islam in the heart of the world’s biggest Muslim nation.