Official Religions in Indonesia: An Illusion?
Civis 001/2018 Year 2017 is a good year for Indonesian, especially for the members of the Aliran Kepercayaan (Beliefs in Monotheism without subscribing to any religions in Indonesia). The Constitutional Court’s decision No 97/PUU-XIV/2016 (‘Putusan MK’), the word...
Village Building: “The Insufficiency of the Use of the Village Fund”
CIVIS 002/2017 A. Prologue The term “Village” is very close to the heart of Indonesian society. Village is often being used to describe the life of the “middle-low class” society. But the term “Desa / Village” has a different connotation according to the Perpu...
Enforcing Constitution, Consolidating Democracy
Civis 001/2017 Recent events showed the attempts to replace Pancasila and to change the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, the sovereignty of the people. There were systemic efforts to indoctrinate the society with radical teachings. Other attempts like...
Managing and Advancing Indonesian Culture
Civis 006/2016 Advancing National Culture of Indonesia as Part of the Purpose of the 1945 Constitution, Article 32 The Amendment of the 1945 Constitution has resulted in a few significant changes in advancing Indonesian culture. The process of the amendment had...
The Church and The Empowerment of The People (4)
Civis 005/2016 Empowering the People to Build Political Lives Knowing the change of paradigm in the external environment of the church and its implications, how ought the church respond to it? With the aforementioned change of paradigm, empowering the people...
The Church and The Empowerment of The People (3)
Civis 005/2016 IMPLICATION: HORIZONTAL RELATIONSHIP, TREASURING EQUALITY, NOT HIERARCHICAL-AUTHORITARIAN STYLES. Second, the outdated vertical relationship, one between the Ruler and the People, has changed into a horizontal one. When sovereignty is owned by...
The Church and The Empowerment of The People (2)
Civis 005/2016 In the external context of the church, the 1999-2002 Amendment on the 1945 Constitution changed the political paradigm from state sovereignty to sovereignty of the people. Even though the Preamble of the 1945 Constitution clearly states that the...
The Church and The Empowerment of The People (1)
Civis 005/2016 “Reformation coupled with ample opportunity to be involved in politics result in prospects for a more just and democratic national life. There are plenty of Christians -- members of the congregation and pastors -- who involve themselves in politics,...
Contributing in the Democratic Consolidation (3)
Civis 004/2016 III. Consolidation of democracy With such background, various progress and shortcomings as listed above, we will face two possibilities in the future. First, we could manage to build a democratic system, enforce the law, and continued the...