Religious Pluralism in Indonesia
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Religious Pluralism in Indonesia

Threats and Opportunities for Democracy

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eBook - ePub

Religious Pluralism in Indonesia

Threats and Opportunities for Democracy

About this book

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 minoritiesā€”Protestants, Catholics, Hindus, Buddhists and Confuciansā€”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

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Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. List of Abbreviations
  3. Map of Indonesia
  4. 1. The Limits of Pancasila as a Framework for Pluralism
  5. 2. Islamism and the Struggle for Inclusive Citizenship in Democratic Indonesia
  6. 3. The Rise of Islamist Majoritarianism in Indonesia
  7. 4. Making the Majority in the Name of Islam: Democratization, Moderate-Radical Coalition, and Religious Intolerance in Indonesia
  8. 5. Deity Statue Disputed: The Politicization of Religion, Intolerance, and Local Resistance in Tuban, East Java
  9. 6. The Tragedy of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama
  10. 7. Regulating Religion and Recognizing ā€œAnimist Beliefsā€ in Indonesian Law and Life
  11. 8. From Imposed Order to Conflicting Superdiversity: The Tamil Hindu and Their Neighbors in Medan
  12. 9. Saints, Scholars, and Diplomats: Religious Statecraft and the Problem of ā€œModerate Islamā€ in Indonesia
  13. 10. Agama Hindu under Pressure from Muslim and Christian Proselytizing
  14. 11. Dispelling Myths of Religious Pluralism: A Critical Look at Maluku and North Maluku
  15. Glossary
  16. Contributors
  17. Index