CHRISTIANIZATION IN NEW ORDER INDONESIA (1965-1998): DISCOURSES, DEBATES AND NEGOTIATIONS

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Jerson Benia Narciso

Abstract

The author offers a discourse analysis of inter-religious relations
during the New Order (1965-1998) in Indonesia. The relations
between the Muslim majority and Christian minority were tense in
this period. Muslims and Christian disagreed on how to interpret
the law concerning freedom of religion and tolerance. Muslims
claimed that Christians used foreign aid for 'Christianization' and
'Westernization. Christians, on the other hand, claimed that
Muslims curtailed the freedom of religion of Christians by acts of
intolerance and violence. Meanwhile, then president Suharto tried
to be seen as impartial, for he considered economic prosperity
more important than religion.

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