Religious Pluralism in Indonesia

Threats and Opportunities for Democracy

Buch | Softcover

276 Seiten

2021
Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University (Verlag)
978-1-5017-6044-0 (ISBN)

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In 1945, Sukarno declared that the new Indonesian republic would be grounded on monotheism, while also insisting that the new nation would protect diverse religious practice. The essays in Religious Pluralism in Indonesia explore how the state, civil society groups, and individual Indonesians have experienced the attempted integration of minority and majority religious practices and faiths across the archipelagic state over the more than half century since Pancasila.

The chapters in Religious Pluralism in Indonesia offer analyses of contemporary phenomena and events; the changing legal and social status of certain minority groups; inter-faith relations; and the role of Islam in Indonesia's foreign policy. Amidst infringements of human rights, officially recognized minorities—Protestants, Catholics, Hindus, Buddhists and Confucians—have had occasional success advocating for their rights through the Pancasila framework. Others, from Ahmadi and Shi'i groups to atheists and followers of new religious groups, have been left without safeguards, demonstrating the weakness of Indonesia's institutionalized "pluralism."

Contributors: Lorraine Aragon, Christopher Duncan, Kikue Hamayotsu, Robert Hefner, James Hoesterey, Sidney Jones, Mona Lohanda, Michele Picard, Evi Sutrisno, Silvia Vignato

Chiara Formichi is Associate Professor in Asian Studies at Cornell University. She is author of Islam and Asia. Follow her on X @chiaraformichi.

1. The Limits of Pancasilaasa Framework for Pluralism, by Chiara Formichi

2. Islamism and the Struggle for Inclusive Citizenship in Democratic Indonesia, by Robert Hefner

3. The Rise of Islamist Majoritarianism in Indonesia, by Sidney Jones

4. Making the Majority in the Name of Islam: Democratization, Moderate-Radical Coalition, and Religious Intolerance in Indonesia, by Kikue Hamayotsu

5. Deity Statue Disputed: The Politicization of Religion, Intolerance, and Local Resistance in Tuban, East Java, by Evi Sutrisno

6. The Tragedy of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, by Mona Lohanda

7. Regulating Religion and Recognizing Animist "Beliefs" in Indonesian Law and Life, by Lorraine Aragon

8. From Imposed Order to Conflicting Superdiversity: The Tamil Hindu and Their Neighborsin Medan, by Silvia Vignato

9. Saints, Scholars, and Diplomats: Religious Statecraft and the Problem of "Moderate Islam" in Indonesia, by James Hoesterey

10. Agama Hindu under Pressure from Muslim and Christian Proselytizing, by Michele Picard

11. Dispelling Myths of Religious Pluralism: A Critical Look at Maluku and North Maluku, by Christopher R. Duncan

Erscheinungsdatum	16.11.2021
Reihe/Serie	Cornell Modern Indonesia Project
Zusatzinfo	1 Maps; 1 Charts; 3 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	Ithaca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-5017-6044-0 / 1501760440
ISBN-13	978-1-5017-6044-0 / 9781501760440
Zustand	Neuware