Islam, Christianity, and the Formation of Secularism in Indonesia 1945-1960
In this article, I will apply the varieties of secularism theory developed by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd and Ahmet Kuru in the case of Indonesia. Following Kuru’s typology, I argue that Indonesian secularism resembles that of passive secularism. This form of secularism came about from an alliance be...
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In this article, I will apply the varieties of secularism theory developed by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd and Ahmet Kuru in the case of Indonesia. Following Kuru’s typology,
I argue that Indonesian secularism resembles that of passive secularism. This form of secularism came about from an alliance between secular nationalists and a religious minority (Christianity). The alliance between the two groups had successfully prevented Islam from becoming a dominant religion when an independent Indonesian state was formed in 1945. It was also successful from preventing reformist Muslims from instituting a state based on the sharia law during the crucial period of state-building in Indonesia between 1945 and 1960. However, this alliance also results in the formation of two authoritarian regimes that ruled Indonesia for four decades (1959-1998), and in the often tenuous relationship between two religious groups that sat on the opposite end of this conflict, namely Indonesian Muslims and Christians.
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| spelling | doaj-art-d37ffd98399d49cb9bc3cc336b02f1432025-08-20T03:02:36ZengUniversitas Jenderal Achmad YaniJournal of Global Strategic Studies2798-44272022-06-012110.36859/jgss.v2i1.1053Islam, Christianity, and the Formation of Secularism in Indonesia 1945-1960Alexander Arifianto0S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore In this article, I will apply the varieties of secularism theory developed by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd and Ahmet Kuru in the case of Indonesia. Following Kuru’s typology, I argue that Indonesian secularism resembles that of passive secularism. This form of secularism came about from an alliance between secular nationalists and a religious minority (Christianity). The alliance between the two groups had successfully prevented Islam from becoming a dominant religion when an independent Indonesian state was formed in 1945. It was also successful from preventing reformist Muslims from instituting a state based on the sharia law during the crucial period of state-building in Indonesia between 1945 and 1960. However, this alliance also results in the formation of two authoritarian regimes that ruled Indonesia for four decades (1959-1998), and in the often tenuous relationship between two religious groups that sat on the opposite end of this conflict, namely Indonesian Muslims and Christians. https://ejournal.fisip.unjani.ac.id/index.php/JGSS/article/view/1053passive secularismIndonesiasecular nationalistsMuslimsChristiansJakarta Charter |
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| title | Islam, Christianity, and the Formation of Secularism in Indonesia 1945-1960 |
| title_full | Islam, Christianity, and the Formation of Secularism in Indonesia 1945-1960 |
| title_fullStr | Islam, Christianity, and the Formation of Secularism in Indonesia 1945-1960 |
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| title_short | Islam, Christianity, and the Formation of Secularism in Indonesia 1945-1960 |
| title_sort | islam christianity and the formation of secularism in indonesia 1945 1960 |
| topic | passive secularism Indonesia secular nationalists Muslims Christians Jakarta Charter |
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