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Journal : Studia Islamika

Ulama and Manuscripts in Minangkabau: Safeguarding the Intellectual Heritage of Sheikh Abdul Laṭīf Shakūr Shofiyanti, Lilis
Studia Islamika Vol. 31 No. 1 (2024): Studia Islamika
Publisher : Center for Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36712/sdi.v31i1.39283

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The Wikisource Loves Manuscripts (WILMA) program, which was implemented in 2023, was successful in preserving manuscript collections in West Sumatra, particularly in Balaigurah, in the Agam Regency. This digitalization effort includes preserving the manuscripts at their current location, Bunayya Kindergarten. One of the collections preserved under this program is the manuscript collection of Sheikh Abdul Laṭīf Shakūr, which is both culturally and historically important.
Ekologi dan Agama: Menelusuri Perubahan Ekologi di Asia Tenggara Maritim Shofiyanti, Lilis
Studia Islamika Vol. 32 No. 3 (2025): Studia Islamika
Publisher : Center for Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36712/sdi.v32i3.46649

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This article reviews Faizah Zakaria’s book, The Camphor Tree and the Elephant: Religion and Ecological Change in Maritime Southeast Asia (2023). The book investigates the interactive role of religion and colonialism in shaping ecological change in the North Sumatran Highlands and the Malay Peninsula during the “long nineteenth century.” Zakaria introduces the “spiritual Anthropocene,” arguing that human domination over the planet is inextricably linked to the spiritual transformation. She contends that religious conversion to modern forms of monotheism (Islam and Christianity), accelerated by colonial rule, created a sociopolitical ecology that radically eliminated the “spiritual appeal” (enchantment) of nature. This disenchantment process propelled a transition to a cash economy that prioritized transactions over ritualistic kinship, and relocated ecological authority to elites. Through material case studies of the camphor tree (Dryobalanops aromatica) and the elephant, the book demonstrates how the rationalization of nature by modern monotheistic religions contributed to the accelerated environmental degradation and the loss charisma of non-human beings.