State Management of Religion in Indonesia

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-51716-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 470 g

Reihe: Routledge Religion in Contemporary Asia Series

Although Indonesia is generally considered to be a Muslim state, and is indeed the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, it has a sizeable Christian minority as a legacy of Dutch colonialism, with Christians often occupying relatively high social positions. This book examines the management of religion in Indonesia. It discusses how Christianity has developed in Indonesia, how the state, though Muslim in outlook and culture, is nevertheless formally secular, and how the principal Christian church, the Java Christian Church, has adapted its practices to fit local circumstances. It examines religious violence and charts the evolution of the state’s religious policies, analysing in particular the impact of the 1974 Marriage Law showing how it enabled extensive state regulation, but how in practice, rather than reinforcing religious divisions, inter-religious marriage, involving the conversion of one party, is widespread. Overall, the book shows how Indonesia is developing its own brand of secularism, neither a full-blooded Islamic state like Saudi Arabia, nor an outright secular state like Turkey.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Seo, Myengkyo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. The Landscape of Christianity in Modern Indonesia 2. Defining “Religious” in Indonesia: Toward Neither Islamic Nor Secular State 3. Conversion to Minority: Violence and the State Management of Religion 4. Missions without Missionaries: Social Dimension of Church Growth in Muslim Java 5. The White Cross in Muslim Java: Muslim-Christian Dimension of Politics in the Javanese City of Salatiga 6. Falling in Love and Changing a God: Inter-Religious Marriage and Religious Conversion in Java Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Myengkyo Seo completed his doctorate at the University of Cambridge, UK and now teaches Southeast Asian Studies at the Department of Malay-Indonesian Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea.