The ideal of covenantal pluralism is at once timely and challenging. It is timely because, after
decades of policy briefs suggesting that free elections and civil society are sufficient to …

This article examines the ways in which multiculturalism as a policy, discourse and practice
has been conceptualised, implemented and applied in Indonesia. The post-Suharto …

On most aspects of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's performance over his ten-year
presidency, history will likely be kind—his cautious, indecisive, middle-of-the-road approach …

Contrary to the secularisation processes in modernisation theory, religions and faith‐based
organisations (FBOs) are thriving in contemporary Indonesia. Strongly supported by …

Although religious diversity is legally supported in Indonesia, incidents of attacks on
religious minorities and anxiety towards the practice of religious pluralism have continued to …

The 1998 Reformasi introduced significant new developments in religious governance in
Indonesia and, at the same time, new tensions. The idea of religious freedom, which is …

Scholarly predictions of the secularization of the world have proven premature. We see a
heterogeneous world in which religion remains a significant and vital social and political …

The implementation of sharia in Aceh has have given a complex impacts to several aspects
of life of the Christian, economically, culturally, politically and any other aspects of social life …

Various studies have expressed concerns about the decline of religious freedom in
Indonesia. These studies suffer from three limitations. First, they inadequately differentiate …

This chapter examines the changing nature of state policies and religious contestations in
Indonesia from the early independence period to today. It devotes special attention to …