Mosques, Churches, and Civic Skill Opportunities in Indonesia
This article examines the role of houses of worship as institutions where individuals acquire civic skills that can be deployed for political participation in the world's largest Muslim-majority democracy: Indonesia. Drawing on participant observation and interviews in Muslim, Protestant, and C...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 415-438 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Indonesia
/ Religious institution
/ Social skills
/ Civil society
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AX Inter-religious relations KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Political Participation
B civic skills B Islam B houses of worship B Indonesia |
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| Summary: | This article examines the role of houses of worship as institutions where individuals acquire civic skills that can be deployed for political participation in the world's largest Muslim-majority democracy: Indonesia. Drawing on participant observation and interviews in Muslim, Protestant, and Catholic religious communities in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, this article investigates three questions: (1) What opportunities exist for individuals worshipping in Indonesian churches and mosques to develop and practice civic skills as part of their religious engagement? (2) Does civic skill opportunity vary across religious denominations? and (3) What factors might explain variation across different religious settings? The study shows that mosques offer fewer prospects for their worshippers to develop civic skills than do churches. These denominational differences can be explained by a house of worship's management practices, which are shaped by its degree of autonomy, style of worship, and the relative size of the religious denomination. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12589 |