Religious Pluralism in Indonesia: Threats and Opportunities for Democracy
by Hefner, Robert W., Formichi, Chiara, Vignato, Silvia, Aragon, Lorraine V., Duncan, Christopher R., Hamayotsu, Kikue, Hoesterey, James B., Jones, Sidney, Lohanda, Mona, Picard, Michel, Sutrisno, Evi Lina
fromCornell Modern Indonesia Project : 32
In 1945, Sukarno declared that the new Indonesian republic would be grounded on monotheism, while also insisting that the new nation would protect diverse religious practice. The essays in Religious Pluralism in Indonesia explore how the state, civil society groups, and individu…