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Inter-Religious Literacy Among Young People in Indonesia: Contrasting Locales

Nicholas Adams and Eckhard Zemmrich
March 27, 2017January 24, 2024

Familiar European systems of classification (involving ‘exclusivism’, ‘inclusivism’ and ‘pluralism’ for example) fail to do justice to the descriptions of inter-religious engagement given by Indonesian colleagues.

The Pastor as Sexual Object

Ebenezer Obadare
March 16, 2017September 13, 2017

The modern-day Pentecostal pastor is a widely sought after existential micromanager: a blend of spiritual guide, financial coach, marriage counselor, fashion icon, travel advisor, all-purpose celebrity, and last but not least, the center of an erotic economy.

Faith, Ethnicity, and Illiberal Citizenship: Authority, Identity, and Religious “Others” in Aceh’s Border Areas

Series: Non-Muslims in Aceh

Moch Nur Ichwan
February 27, 2017February 27, 2017

Although non-Muslims are a small minority in Aceh, they are citizens too, and should have equal rights.

Living Under Islamic Authority: Identity and Community Among Non-Muslims in Aceh

Series: Non-Muslims in Aceh

Arskal Salim
February 27, 2017February 27, 2017

What patterns of inclusion and exclusion do non-Muslims in Aceh experience?

Religious Festivals, Community Engagement and Peaceful Co-Existence

Series: Lombok Coexistence

Mohamad Abdun Nasir
February 9, 2017November 15, 2018

In Indonesia, public religious observances and cultural festivals can foster broad grassroots social integration and peaceful coexistence.

Young New Delhi Muslims Vie for a Position in Contending Modernities Course

Dania Straughan
February 6, 2017May 23, 2017

Contending Modernities launches a course to advance New Delhi Madrasa seminary graduates’ critical theological and scientific literacy.

Gender, National Identity, And Nation-Building: Komnas Perempuan & Koalisi Perempuan Indonesia

Series: Women in Indonesia

Nelly van Doorn-Harder
January 25, 2017August 20, 2019

June 2016 was a good month for Komnas Perempuan (Komnas), the National Commission on Violence against Women, an independent…

Two American Fears: Islamophobia and Homophobia

Series: Intersecting Phobias

Ali Altaf Mian
December 14, 2016January 27, 2024

This moment presents both difficulties and opportunities for analyzing the intersections of Islamophobia and homophobia. By historicizing the emergence of each, we gain analytical clarity about the complex negotiations of identity, never static but always becoming.

CRS’s Inter-Religious Peacebuilding Programming: Reflections on Authority, Community, and Identity

Series: CRS Inter-Religious Action

Nell Bolton
November 30, 2016February 23, 2017

Nell Bolton of Catholic Relief Services offers analysis on how inter-religious action (IRA) intersects with some of the questions animating Contending Modernities, particularly those related to authority, community, and identity.

Contending Modernities Goes to the Madrasa

Series: Madrasa Discourses

Mahan Mirza
November 10, 2016April 21, 2017

How can Islamic tradition survive as times change, not simply in new geographic or cultural contexts, but also in new conceptual universes? Contending Modernities launches a project for renewal.

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