Healthy pluralism requires space for all religious adherents to worship and construct places of worship in accordance with their convictions. The state should protect this right as an essential matter, Despite this normative ideal, there is still much controversy surrounding the construction of places of worship in Indonesia. In the last few years, the planned construction of a number of places of worship has been disputed, although others have been able to overcome these problems by relying on different strategies.
This research seeks to examine the factors that play a role in initiating and resolving conflict over places of worship. Places of worship are specifically limited in this study to Catholic churches and Protestant churches that are members of the Communion of Churches in Indonesia (Persekutuan Gereja-gereja di Indonesia, PGI).
The methods used were participant observation and in-depth interviews of church members representing one of four categories: (1) undisputed churches; (2) disputed churches that have since resolved the dispute; (3) originally undisputed churches that have since become disputed; and (4) churches that have never been able to resolve the dispute.
Based on thirteen case studies, the research on which this report is based confirms the influential role of state regulation and social factors. The cases show that the obstacles some churches experience are generally related to weak government agencies due to political, social or ideological reasons. In terms of social factors, demographic factors were not found to have an influence. Resistance to churches was more often caused by a lack of communication, or provocation or intimidation by specific groups. After describing and analysing the thirteen cases selected, this monograph closes with conclusions and recommendations.
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SUMMARY
The Problem of building churches in Indonesia has been a long threat among the believers in Indonesia. There were many changes taken place both in the government and the state level in revising the rules towards the maintainence of religious diversity, but no transformation has taken place to end the issue. The constant fear is the tension exist among the people which leads toward escalating conflicts. The formation of People of Religious Forum after the reformation era and the joint effort initiative between the government and Ministerial Regulation of 2006, still did not solve the problem. There are many other factors that need to be thoroughly examined.
This monograph is the result of the research done by the Research Team CRCS and other patners like Paramadina Foundation, Master of Peace and Conflict Resolution Gadjah Mada University (UGM) and the Indonesian Conference on Religion and Peace (ICRP).
The research was done to analyze the problem of establishing church buildings in Jakarta and surrounding areas. This study also aim to look at the role played both toward escalating and de-escalating the conflicts in the particular field
In addition to the existing problems of the state regulatory, the research have also found the lack of communication between church leaders and some group of people, that resulted in provocating and intimidation. Such weaknesses has become a good lesson for every citizen to develop the importance of communication among one another to build a good relationship and mutual understanding. Thus, every citizen will benefit the atmosphere of living together in unity and strength.
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Pluralisme Kewargaan: Arah Baru Politik Keragaman di Indonesia (Civic Pluralism: New Directions of Politics of Diversity in Indonesia) seeks to shows some real efforts discussing current issues related to negotiations of state discourses in society. This book not only offers a new concept of how to analyze society negotiates the state, but provides also several discouse domains in which the public authority actually plays important role in processing and managing diversity. Written by some academics-cum-activists, make this book finds its significant, both for academic discussion and debate as well as social guides for policy makers.
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Bab 1. Pluralisme Kewargaan: Dari Teologi ke Politik
Laporan ini terdiri dari 3 bagian. Bagian pertama, mengulas rentetan bencana alam yang melanda Indonesia pada tahun 2010 (Banjir Bandang Wasior Papua Barat, Tsunami Mentawai Sumatera Barat, dan Letusan Gunung Merapi Jateng-DIY), penanganan kasus terorisme atas nama agama, dan UU Pornografi. Bagian kedua membahas 39 kasus rumah ibadah, dan tuduhan penyesatan. Bagian ketiga mengulas kehadiran agama dalam ranah kebijakan publik dan politik, khususnya politik lokal, seperti: UU Pencegahan Penodaan Agama, RUU Kerukunan Umat Beragama, keterlibatan agama yang terjadi pada Pemilukada 2010 (sekitar 200-an Pemilukada).
The conference served as a forum to disseminate the results of the Pluralism Knowledge Program (PKP), a joint effort between academic organizations – in Indonesia headed by the CRCS program – and civil society groups. Kapal Perempuan, a non-profit organization, organized the event in cooperation with CRCS. This Conference held in Jakarta on April 27th, 2011.
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“The problems surrounding the establishment of churches are more closely related to economic issues than ideological ones. Similarly, in the resolution of these issues, this knowledge can be used as a path towards peace” stated Nathanael, one of the members of the research team partnered with CRCS, in Jakarta at the PGI building on Tuesday, April 26th 2011.
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