Linguistic Hospitality: Welcoming Indigenous Religions into Interreligious Dialogue

The existence of indigenous religions in Indonesia has always been overshadowed by a history of discrimination from state-recognized religions. One of the main causes is the government’s use of categorization that is influenced by the world religions paradigm. As a result, the government does not re...

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Main Author: Saptenno, Kritsno (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2021
In: The ecumenical review
Year: 2021, Volume: 73, Issue: 5, Pages: 723-734
IxTheo Classification:BB Indigenous religions
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Indigenous Religion
B theology of religions
B Interreligious Dialogue
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Summary:The existence of indigenous religions in Indonesia has always been overshadowed by a history of discrimination from state-recognized religions. One of the main causes is the government’s use of categorization that is influenced by the world religions paradigm. As a result, the government does not recognize indigenous religion as a religion and promotes a categorization of it that tends to be negative. In the Christian discourse of theology of religions, the models of exclusivism, inclusivism, pluralism, and even particularism are trapped in a similar religious categorization. On the one hand, the models of theology of religions are open to dialogue with world religions. On the other hand, indigenous religion is not considered a dialogue partner. This article argues that linguistic hospitality can be an inspiration for interreligious dialogue, allowing Christianity to become more open to indigenous religions. Emphasizing a hermeneutic of openness allows indigenous religions to show their otherness without being limited by assumptions of Christian theology.
ISSN:1758-6623
Contains:Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/erev.12656