1st Edition
Feeling Threatened Muslim-Christian Relations in Indonesia’s New Order
By A. Mujiburrahman
Copyright 2006
426 Pages
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Routledge
Muslim-Christian relations were an important element of the social and political dynamics of Indonesia and an ever-sensitive subject of government policy during the New Order period (1966-1998). Tense relations and mutual suspicions between Indonesia’s Muslim majority and its significant Christian minority were reflected in Christian fear of Muslim efforts to turn the country into an Islamic state... Read more
Introduction, Ch.1: From Cooperation to Conflict, Ch.2: Against Christianisation, Ch.3: Against The Islamic State, Ch.4: Religion, Family Law and the State, Ch.5: Religion, Culture and Education, Ch.6: Inter-religious Dialogue, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Dutch Summary.
Biography
Mujiburrahman obtained his M. A. from the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Canada, in 2000 and was an I S IM Ph.D. fellow from 2001 to 2005. He is presently a lecturer at the State Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN), Antasari, Banjarmasin, Indonesia. He has contributed several articles to international journals including Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (1999 and 2001), The Muslim World (2001) and Journal of Ecumenical Studies (2001).
