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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 article covers schisms in Christianity.
Indonesia is home to the largest Christian community made up of converts from their former Islamic faith; according to various sources, since the mid and late 1960s, between 2 and 2.5 million Muslims have converted to Christianity.
There is little doubt that the Schrieke theory of the race between Islam and Christianity is one of the most hotly debated theories concerning the spread of Islam and Christianity in the Malay-Indonesian archipelago. Since the time Schrieke proposed his theory some other scholars have questioned its validity.
A schism (/ ˈsɪzəm / SIZ-əm, / ˈskɪzəm /, SKIZ-əm or, less commonly, / ˈʃɪzəm / SHIZ-əm) [1] is a division between people, usually belonging to an organization, movement, or religious denomination. The word is most frequently applied to a split in what had previously been a single religious body, such as the Great East–West ...
Jun 5, 2012 · Cite. Summary. Christianity in Indonesia has gone through a history parallel only to the history of the nation-state itself. As a nation-state made of diverse ethnic groups of old societies and still struggling with its pluralistic identity, Christianity in Indonesia struggles likewise.
Nov 22, 2022 · Research on Indonesia has shown that the post-Reformasi era witnessed tension escalating between the Muslim majority and the Christian... This study aims to shed light on the question of whether religious tolerance and pluralism can help make democracy more resilient.
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A History of Christianity in Indonesia is encyclopedic, as the editors admit (p. vii). Ranging over more than one thousand pages, it traces the story of Indonesian Christianity from its earliest signs in the ninth century (pp. 4-6) to 2005.
