Christian-Muslim Relations in Post-Reformation Indonesia

Hans Abdiel Harmakaputra is an Assistant Professor of Religion in the Religion, Philosophy & Classics department at Augustana University, Sioux Falls, USA. He received grants and fellowships from the American Academy of Religion, the Wabash Center, and the Louisville Institute. His research areas are Christian-Muslim comparative theology, constructive theology, interreligious studies, and Christian-Muslim relations. He is the author of A Christian-Muslim Comparative Theology of Saints: The Community of God’s Friends (Brill, 2022).

• Note on Transliteration and TranslationPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Between Pancasila and Islam: An Overview of Christian-Muslim Relations between 1945–982. The Emergence of (Post)Islamism: Tracing the Development of Indonesian Islam after 19983. The Politics of Blasphemy in Indonesia: Christian Responses to the Blasphemy Case of Ahok4. The Phenomenon of Church Closings in Indonesia: A Study of the Yasmin Church Case5. Contesting the Meaning of ‘Unbeliever’: A Christian Response to the MUI’s Fatwa on the Prohibition against Wearing ‘Non-Muslim’ Symbols6. Becoming a Church in a Post-Conflict Society of Maluku: Interreligious Dialogue, Peacebuilding and ReconciliationConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

In this carefully researched and engagingly written book, Hans A. Harmakaputra examines the dynamics of Christian Muslim relations in Indonesia since the country’s return to democracy in 1998-1999. He brings rich empirical research and subtle theoretical sophistication to the challenge of pluralist citizenship in this vast and beautiful Asian country. The result is one of the finest books in years on inter-religious relations in Indonesia. This book should be read by scholars and the general reader interested in the challenge of living together in a deeply plural world.