Exploring how religious and secular forces interact in the modern world.
What recognitions and forms of mutuality are necessary for common life amid plurality?
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Our forefathers and mothers who struggled for independence would weep, knowing we now fight to advance limited group interests.
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It is a harsh and bitter irony that the holiest sites of the Abrahamic faiths are either abodes of exclusivism or of strife and conflict.
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In the current religio-political life in Indonesia, the naming of God as Merciful becomes a public discourse geared toward a theology of inclusivity.
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If Indonesian nationalism is weakening, what other basis for moral community might make coexistence across religious differences possible?
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What is the role of religion in public life? The debate is tearing through the Indonesian political and social fabric.
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How do Christians who have experienced the indescribable love of God in their suffering, and from it draw out unfathomable hope, relate to those who also practice lament and seek hope, but are not Christian?
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Namkai-Meche’s last words—reported by a woman who pulled off her shirt to tourniquet his wound—were, “Tell everyone on this train that I love them.” We love you, too.
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Although non-Muslims are a small minority in Aceh, they are citizens too, and should have equal rights.
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In Indonesia, public religious observances and cultural festivals can foster broad grassroots social integration and peaceful coexistence.
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