The Politics of Religion in Indonesia

Syncretism, Orthodoxy, and Religious Contention in Java and Bali
Herausgeber: Madinier, Rémy; Picard, Michel

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Indonesia is a remarkable case study for religious politics. While not being a theocratic country, it is not secular either, with the Indonesian state officially defining what constitutes religion, and every citizen needing to be affiliated to one of them. This book focuses on Java and Bali, and the interesting comparison of two neighbouring societies shaped by two different religions - Islam and Hinduism. The book examines the appropriation by the peoples of Java and Bali of the idea of religion, through a dialogic process of indigenization of universalist religions and universalization of indigenous religions. It looks at the tension that exists between proponents of local world-views and indigenous belief systems, and those who deny those local traditions as qualifying as a religion. This tension plays a leading part in the construction of an Indonesian religious identity recognized by the state. The book is of interest to students and scholars of Southeast Asia, religious studies and the anthropology and sociology of religion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780415613118
• ISBN-10: 0415613116
• Artikelnr.: 31579231

Autorenporträt

Michel Picard is a senior researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a member of the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies ("Centre Asie du Sud-Est", CNRS-EHESS) in Paris. He has published extensively in the field of Balinese studies. Rémy Madinier is a senior researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), and is based in Jakarta for the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC). He has previously published books on Indonesian Islam.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 'Agama', 'Adat', and the Pancasila Michel Picard Part 1: Java
1. The Catholic Politics of Inclusiveness: A Jesuit Epic in Central Java in
the Early Twentieth Century and its Memory Remy Madinier 2. The Constrained
Place of Local Tradition: The Discourse of Indonesian Traditionalist Ulama
in the 1930s Andree Feillard 3. Where Have All The Abangan Gone?
Religionization and the Decline of Non-Standard Islam in Contemporary
Indonesia Robert Hefner 4. The Return of Pancasila: Secular vs. Islamic
Norms, Another Look at the Struggle for State Dominance in Indonesia
Francois Raillon Part 2: Bali 5. From Agama Hindu Bali to Agama Hindu and
Back: Towards a Relocalization of the Balinese Religion? Michel Picard 6. A
New Perspective for 'Balinese Hinduism' in the Light of the Pre-Modern
Religious Discourse: A Textual-Historical Approach Andrea Acri 7. The
Withdrawal of the Gods: Remarks on Ritual Trance Possession and its Decline
in Bali Annette Hornbacher 8. Spiritualised Politics and the Trademark of
Culture: Political Actors and their Use of Adat and Agama in Post-Suharto
Bali Brigitta Hauser-Schaublin