TY  - CHAP
A1  - Schröter, Susanne
A2  - Schröter, Susanne
T1  - Christianity in Indonesia : an overview
N2  - 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, and national unity has remained fragile. In several respects, Christians have a precarious role in the struggle for shaping the nation. They are a small minority (about 9% of the population) in a country predominantly inhabited by Muslims; in the past they were interconnected in manifold ways with the Dutch colonial government; they exert great influence in economy and the military, and constitute the majority of the population in some parts of the so-called Outer Islands (such as Flores, Sumba, and Timor), which are characterized by an attitude fraught with ambivalence towards the state apparatus perceived as ‘Javanese’ and ‘Muslim’. In the aftermath of the former president Suharto’s resignation and in the course of the ensuing political changes – in particular the independence of East Timor – Christians were repeatedly discredited for allegedly posing a threat to Indonesian unity, and 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.
KW  - Islam
KW  - Indonesien
KW  - Kolonialismus
KW  - Christentum
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Colonialism
KW  - Islam
KW  - Politischer Wandel
KW  - Kirche
KW  - Religiöser Pluralismus
KW  - Aufsatzsammlung
KW  - Religiöser Konflikt
KW  - Kirchengeschichte
Y1  - 2010
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/21353
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-105064
SN  - 978-3-643-10798-5
N1  - This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Germany License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/de/deed.en_GB.
N1  - Postprint, zuerst in: Susanne Schröter (Hrsg.): Christianity in Indonesia : perspectives of power, Berlin ; Münster : Lit, 2010, Southeast Asian modernities ; Vol. 12, S. 2-15, ISBN: 978-3-643-10798-5
SP  - 2
EP  - 17
ER  -