A History Of Christianity In Indonesia

Author : Jan Sihar Aritonang,Karel Adriaan Steenbrink
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1021 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004170261

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A History of Christianity in Indonesia by Jan Sihar Aritonang,Karel Adriaan Steenbrink Pdf

Indonesia is the home of the largest single Muslim community of the world. Its Christian community, about 10% of the population, has until now received no overall description in English. Through cooperation of 26 Indonesian and European scholars, Protestants and Catholics, a broad and balanced picture is given of its 24 million Christians. This book sketches the growth of Christianity during the Portuguese period (1511-1605), it presents a fair account of developments under the Dutch colonial administration (1605-1942) and is more elaborate for the period of the Indonesian Republic (since 1945). It emphasizes the regional differences in this huge country, because most Christians live outside the main island of Java. Muslim-Christian relations, as well as the tensions between foreign missionaries and local theology, receive special attention.

Author : Karel Steenbrink,Jan S. Aritonang
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1003 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047441830

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A History of Christianity in Indonesia by Karel Steenbrink,Jan S. Aritonang Pdf

Indonesia is the home of the largest single Muslim community of the world. Its Christian community, about 10% of the population, has until now received no overall description in English. Through cooperation of 26 Indonesian and European scholars, Protestants and Catholics, a broad and balanced picture is given of its 24 million Christians. This book sketches the growth of Christianity during the Portuguese period (1511-1605), it presents a fair account of developments under the Dutch colonial administration (1605-1942) and is more elaborate for the period of the Indonesian Republic (since 1945). It emphasizes the regional differences in this huge country, because most Christians live outside the main island of Java. Muslim-Christian relations, as well as the tensions between foreign missionaries and local theology, receive special attention.

Author : Jan S. Aritonang,Karel A. Steenbrink
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1004 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Indonesia
ISBN : LCCN:2019667360

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A History of Christianity in Indonesia by Jan S. Aritonang,Karel A. Steenbrink Pdf

Author : Charles E. Farhadian
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134240623

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Christianity, Islam and Nationalism in Indonesia by Charles E. Farhadian Pdf

Although over eighty percent of the country is Muslim, Indonesia is marked by an extraordinary diversity in language, ancestry, culture, religion and ways of life. This book focuses on the Christian Dani of West Papua, providing a social and ethnographic history of the most important indigenous population in the troubled province. It presents a fascinating overview of the Dani’s conversion to Christianity, examining the social, religious and political uses to which they have put their new religion. Based on independent research carried out over many years among the Dani people, the book provides an abundance of new material on religious and political events in West Papua. Underlining the heart of Christian-Muslim rivalries, the book questions the fate of religion in late-modern times.

Author : Susanne Schröter
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9783643107985

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Christianity in Indonesia by Susanne Schröter Pdf

Indonesia is a multicultural and multireligious nation whose heterogeneity is codified in the state doctrine, the Pancasila. Yet the relations between the various social, ethnic, and religious groups have been problematic down to the present day. In several respects, Christians have a precarious role in the struggle for shaping the nation. In the aftermath of the former president Suharto's resignation and in the course of the ensuing political changes Christians have been involved both as victims and perpetrators in violent regional clashes with Muslims that claimed thousands of lives. Since the beginning of the new millennium the violent conflicts have lessened, yet the pressure exerted on Christians by Islamic fundamentalists still continues undiminished in the Muslim-majority regions. The future of the Christians in Indonesia remains uncertain, and pluralist society is still on trial. For this reason the situation of Christians in Indonesia is an important issue that goes far beyond research on a minority, touching on general issues relating to the formation of the nation-state.

Author : Sumanto Al Qurtuby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317333289

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Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia by Sumanto Al Qurtuby Pdf

Maluku in eastern Indonesia is the home to Muslims, Protestants, and Catholics who had for the most part been living peaceably since the sixteenth century. In 1999, brutal conflicts broke out between local Christians and Muslims, and escalated into large-scale communal violence once the Laskar Jihad, a Java-based armed jihadist Islamic paramilitary group, sent several thousand fighters to Maluku. As a result of this escalated violence, the previously stable Maluku became the site of devastating interreligious wars. This book focuses on the interreligious violence and conciliation in this region. It examines factors underlying the interreligious violence as well as those shaping post-conflict peace and citizenship in Maluku. The author shows that religion—both Islam and Christianity—was indeed central and played an ambiguous role in the conflict settings of Maluku, whether in preserving and aggravating the Christian-Muslim conflict or supporting or improving peace and reconciliation. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and interviews as well as historical and comparative research on religious identities, this book is of interest to Indonesia specialists, as well as academics with an interest in anthropology, religious conflict, peace and conflict studies.

Author : Siew-Min Sai,Chang-Yau Hoon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Chinese
ISBN : 9780415608015

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Chinese Indonesians Reassessed by Siew-Min Sai,Chang-Yau Hoon Pdf

The book shows how the Chinese minority is much more diverse, and the picture much richer and more complicated, than previous studies have allowed. Subjects covered include the historical development of Chinese communities in peripheral areas of Indonesia, the religious practices of Chinese Indonesians, which are by no means confined to "Chinese" religions, and Chinese ethnic events, where a wide range of Indonesians, not just Chinese, participate.

Author : Brian Stanley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691196848

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Christianity in the Twentieth Century by Brian Stanley Pdf

"[This book] charts the transformation of one of the world's great religions during an age marked by world wars, genocide, nationalism, decolonization, and powerful ideological currents, many of them hostile to Christianity"--Amazon.com.

Author : Karel Steenbrink
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004487338

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Catholics in Indonesia, 1808-1903 by Karel Steenbrink Pdf

This first of two volumes documents the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Indonesia from 1808, when, after two centuries, priests were again allowed in the Dutch colony, until 1903, when the the number of Catholics, only 27,000 at the time, started to grow spectacularly. The story of slow growth among the indigenous population, with many setbacks, is illustrated by 98 documents, which are included in their complete format and original language (mostly Dutch). Half of the book contains a lenghty introduction in which the history of Catholic missionary effort is spelled out, with, of course, a lot of attention for the islands where the Catholic clergy was actively engaged in proselytizing. This introduction is the first survey in English on the subject.

Author : Sita T. van Bemmelen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004345751

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Christianity, Colonization, and Gender Relations in North Sumatra by Sita T. van Bemmelen Pdf

This book describes changes in the patrilineal society of the Toba Batak (Sumatra, Indonesia) due to Christianity and Dutch colonial rule (1861-1942) with a focus on customary law and gender relations.

Author : Karel Steenbrink
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004254022

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Catholics in Indonesia, 1808-1942 by Karel Steenbrink Pdf

The focus of the Journal of Islamic Ethics is on the ethical approaches embedded in Islamic philosophy, theology, mysticism and jurisprudence as well as Islamic civilization in general, and, more particularly, on the principles and methods (to be) followed in applying these approaches to various sectors of contemporary social life. These fields include: Arts, Environment, Economics, Education, Gender, Media, Medicine, Migration & Human Rights, Politics and Psychology. The Journal will strongly focus on thematic issues on current events as well as on individual empirical case studies. The Journal of Islamic Ethics is a full Open Access journal sponsored by the Research Center of Islamic Legislation and Ethics in Doha (Qatar), which is affiliated to the Faculty of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

Author : Ralph W. Hood,Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004416987

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Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 30 by Ralph W. Hood,Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor Pdf

The 30th volume of Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion consists of two special sections, as well as two separate empirical studies on attachment and daily spiritual practices. The first special section deals with the social scientific study of religion in Indonesia. Indonesia is a predominantly Muslim country whose history and contemporary involvement in the study of religion is explored from both sociological and psychological perspectives. The second special section is on the Pope Francis effect: the challenges of modernization in the Catholic church and the global impact of Pope Francis. While its focus is mainly on the Catholic religion, the internal dynamics and geopolitics explored apply more broadly.

Author : Carool Kersten
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780748681877

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History of Islam in Indonesia by Carool Kersten Pdf

Explores the history of Islam in the largest Muslim nation state in the worldLocated on the eastern periphery of the historical Muslim world, as a political entity Indonesia is barely a century old. Yet with close to a quarter of a billion followers of Islam it is now the largest and most populous Muslim country in the world. As the greatest political power in Southeast Asia, and a growing player on the world scene, Indonesia presents itself as a bridge country between Asia, the wider Muslim world and the West.In this survey Carool Kersten presents the Islamisation of Indonesia from the first evidence of the acceptance of Islam by indigenous peoples in the late thirteenth century until the present day. He provides comprehensive insight into the different roles played by Islam in Indonesia throughout history, including the importance of Indian Ocean networks for connecting Indonesians with the wider Islamic world, the religions role as a means of resistance and tool for nation building, and postcolonial attempts to forge an aIndonesian Islam.Key FeaturesThe first comprehensive historical survey of the Islamisation of Indonesia from the arrival of Islam in the 13th century until the presentAn interdisciplinary study of the place and role of Islam in IndonesiaAn overview of the religions growing significance in the formation of what is now the largest and most populous Muslim country in the world

Author : G. van Klinken
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004488434

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Minorities, Modernity and the Emerging Nation by G. van Klinken Pdf

This book examines the development of Indonesian nationalism from the viewpoint of a minority: the urban Christian elite. Placed between the Indonesian nationalist promise of freedom and the (equally Christian) Dutch colonial promise of modernity, their experience of late colonialism was filled with dilemma and ambiguity. Rather than describe dry institutions, this study traces the lives of five politically active Indonesian Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, spanning the late colonial, Japanese occupation and early independence periods: Amir Sjarifoeddin, Bishop Soegijapranata, Kasimo, Moelia and Ratu Langie. For most of them the main problem was not so much the protest against colonialism, but the transition to more modern forms of political community. Their status as a religious minority, and as urban middle class 'migrants' out of their traditional communities, made them more aware that achieving moral consensus was problematic. This book should be of interest to students of Indonesian history, as well as those studying the history of Third World nationalism and the history of Christian missions.

Author : Margaret M. Mitchell,Frances M. Young,K. Scott Bowie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0521812399

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Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 1, Origins to Constantine by Margaret M. Mitchell,Frances M. Young,K. Scott Bowie Pdf