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Islam. Its Christian community, about 9% of the population, has received no overall description in English. It was mostly Dutch and German, besides Indo-nesian, surveys that pictured the solid and sometimes exceptional development of global Christianity in this country, fourth in the world as to population
Indonesia's 29.4 million Christians constituted 10.47% of the country's population in 2023, with 7.41% Protestant (20.8 million) and 3.06% Catholic (8.6 million). Some provinces in Indonesia are majority Christian. In Indonesia, the word Kristen ( lit. 'Christian') refers to Protestantism, while Catholicism is referred to as Katolik.
In Christianity, a schism occurs when a single religious body divides and becomes two separate religious bodies. The split can be violent or nonviolent but results in at least one of the two newly-created bodies considering itself distinct from the other.
This book sketches the growth of Christianity during the Portuguese period (1511-1605), it presents a fair account of developments under the Dutch colonial administration (1605-1942) and is more elaborate for the period of the Indonesian Republic (since 1945).
- Karel Steenbrink, Jan S. Aritonang
- 2008
This book gives the history of Christians in Indonesia during the Portuguese period (1511-1605), under Dutch colonialism (1605-1942) and more elaborate for the ...
This study emphasises the importance of Christianity as an integral part of the history of Indonesian nation-building. It also has significance and relevance for Christianity, and how people of different religions should live together in Indonesia.
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Sep 30, 2021 · The arrival of Christianity in Indonesia coincided with the arrival of colonialism and imperialism. However, it was later proven that many Christians, such as G.S.S.J. Ratulangie, B.W. Lapian...
