Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
4-2016
Abstract
Scholarship on the Chinese Indonesian community has largely been concerned with the tensions between the community and the majority non-Chinese (or pribumi). The fault lines were usually examined against the background of Suharto’s assimilation policy, the 1998 anti-Chinese riots, the stark imbalance of the nation’s wealth within this minority group, and Chinese loyalty – or chauvinism – in the time of nation-building, and in the face of the rise of modern China. Little attention has been given to Christianity as offering a shelter for the inconspicuous propagation of Chineseness; particularly in terms of the conduct of services in Chinese, the teaching of the language, and business-management leadership. The network of Chinese churches locally, and extending internationally beyond Indonesia, represents a rich field for further scholarship. This article sets out an epistemological map in the service of such research.
Keywords
Chinese Indonesians, Chineseness, Christianity, identity, Indonesia, religion
Discipline
Asian Studies | Race and Ethnicity | Religion
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Asian Ethnicity
Volume
17
Issue
2
First Page
228
Last Page
247
ISSN
1463-1369
Identifier
10.1080/14631369.2014.1001161
Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge): SSH Titles
Citation
HOON, Chang Yau.(2016). Mapping Chineseness on the landscape of Christian churches in Indonesia. Asian Ethnicity, 17(2), 228-247.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2103
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/14631369.2014.1001161