Christianity and Plurality in Indonesia
Theological and Ideological Synergy for Religious and National Moderation
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220702.014How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- christianity; religious pluralism; moderation; synergy; theology and ideology
- Abstract
The purpose of this research was to determine the essence of the synergy between theology and the Pancasila ideology and strengthen religious moderation from a Christian perspective. It was qualitatively achieved based on the naturalism research paradigmthe content analysis method. Subsequently, the findings showed that fundamentalism and religious pluralism are two polarized, contradicting, and narrow religious extremes that cause divisions. Therefore, both aspects cannot synergize theology and ideology. From a Christian perspective, there are five foundations for this synergy, which requires their role in respecting religious plurality and upholding the Pancasila ideology, as the principle of living together. First, togetherness is strength and serves as a capital for unity and integrity as an absolute condition for Indonesia’s development and progress. Research Contribution: This research helps Christians to develop Indonesia and world peace and a tool with a tremendous and strong potential to create unity and integrity among people. This approach is proposed to further develop religious moderation is created in synergy between Christian theology and Pancasila ideology.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Thomas Pentury AU - Stevri Penti Novri Indra Lumintang PY - 2022 DA - 2022/07/07 TI - Christianity and Plurality in Indonesia BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Theology, Humanities, and Christian Education (ICONTHCE 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 56 EP - 60 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220702.014 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220702.014 ID - Pentury2022 ER -