Religion, Decolonization, and the Planetary Community

Whitney A. Bauman is Professor of Religious Studies at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, FL. He is also co-founder and co-director of Counterpoint: Navigating Knowledge, a non-profit based in Berlin, Germany that holds public discussions over social and ecological issues related to globalization and climate change.Samsul Maarif is Director of the MA Program of the Center for Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies (CRCS), Graduate School, Universitas Gadjah Mada. His research interests include the religions of Indigenous Peoples, ecology, community development, and advocacy. He is the coordinator of the research-advocacy coalition for Indigenous Peoples “Rumah Bersama” (our shared home).Jonathan Davis Smith is Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Religion and Public Life, University of Leeds, United Kingdom. He is also Visiting Lecturer at the Center for Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. His research focuses on religion/culture, social movements, and environmental activism.

• Introduction Part 1: Thinking about Decolonization and the Planetary 1. Decolonization and Planetary Thinking 2. Decolonizing Religion: toward an Engaged “Religious” Methodology 3. Decolonizing the Decolonization Discourse: The Dutch and the Making of Religion in Indonesia 4. Towards Decolonial Blue Ecotheology: Voices from the Archipelago Part 2: Decolonizing Human-Nature Relations 5. Bengawan Solo Riwayatmu Kini: Reading River Pollutants through Women’s Eyes as a Decolonizing Act 6. Decolonizing Human-Animal Relations in Indonesia: Insights from Bara, Cindakko, and Tobalo Indigenous Communities in Sulawesi 7. Marapu Indigenous Economy: Ritual Agriculture in between Modern Disenchantment and Religious Ecology in Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia 8. Rethinking Human-Nature Relations in the Religious Education Curriculum on Indigenous Religions in Indonesia Part 3: Decolonizing Religion, Nature and Gender Studies 9. [Re]constructing [An]other Space: Ritual as a Site of Resistance for the Bissu Community in South Sulawesi, Indonesia 10. Waria Battling Everyday Life: From Identity Cards to Climate Disaster in Semarang, Indonesia 11. Daur Resik as an Ecofeminist Recycling Initiative: Living Well with Waste in Five Indonesian Cities for a Better Planetary Life 12. Decolonizing Human-Nature Relations: Ecofeminist Climate Activism in East Kalimantan, Indonesia Part 4: Decolonizing Legal and Rights Frameworks for Indigenous Peoples 13. Indigenous Rights Violations in Indonesia’s Capital Relocation: Green Criminology and The Voice of Indigenous Peoples in East Kalimantan, Indonesia 14. Ibu Bumi Dilarani: How Environmental Law Conflicts with a Relational Approach to Nature in The North Kendeng Highlands, Central Java, Indonesia 15. Separative Conservation and Forest-Integrated Communities: The Manusela National Park Dilemma in Seram Island, Maluku, Indonesia 16. The Use of Ritual in Mediating Customary Land Disputes by the Dayak Kantuk Community in West Kalimantan, Indonesia