Christianity, Islam, and Nationalism in Indonesia

• Main Author: Farhadian, Charles E
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2005; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
• Subjects: Ambiva Lences; Anthropology; Asian Religion; Bhinneka Tunggal Ika; Black Studies (Global); burridge; Chinese Studies; Christianity; Christianity > Indonesia; Dani Christians; East Indies; Home Towns; indonesian; Indonesian Nation State; Interdisciplinary studies; Irian Jaya; Islam; Islam > Indonesia; kenelm; Kepala Desa; Land Papua; mission; Mission Christianity; morning; Morning Star Flag; Nationalism; Nationalism > Indonesia; Nationalism > Religious aspects; Nonfiction; Onward Christian Soldiers; papua; Papuan Congress; Papuan Elites; Papuan Students; Philosophy and Religion; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regional / International studies; Regional Studies; Religion; Religion & Anthropology; Religion & Spirituality; Religion and beliefs; Religion and politics; Religion: general; Social Science; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; South East Asian Studies; star; state; Team 100; Theys Eluay; west; West Papua; western; Young Dani Women; Young Men; Mission Christianity; Morning Star Flag; Team 100; Theys Eluay; kenelm; OPM; East Indies; Transmigration Scheme; west; Young Men; Home Towns; state; Indonesian Nation State; Dani Communities; Dani Christians; indonesian; burridge; star; Papuan Elites; West Papua; Kepala Desa; Land Papua; morning; Irian Jaya; Papuan Congress; mission; papua; Ambiva Lences; Young Dani Women; Bhinneka Tunggal Ika; western; Onward Christian Soldiers; Papuan Students; Papuan Identity; Laskar Jihad
• ISBN: 0415546699; 9780415359610; 0415359619; 9780415546690; 9780203007556; 1134240627; 1134240589; 1134240635; 0203007557; 9781134240630; 9781134240586; 9781134240623
• DOI: 10.4324/9780203007556

Although over eighty percent of the country is Muslim, Indonesia is marked by an extraordinary diversity in language, ancestry, culture, religion and ways of life. This book focuses on the Christian Dani of West Papua, providing a social and ethnographic history of the most important indigenous population in the troubled province. It presents a fascinating overview of the Dani’s conversion to Christianity, examining the social, religious and political uses to which they have put their new religion. Based on independent research carried out over many years among the Dani people, the book provides an abundance of new material on religious and political events in West Papua. Underlining the heart of Christian-Muslim rivalries, the book questions the fate of religion in late-modern times.