Christianity

Premarital sex must be acknowledged as unavoidable, to end a vicious cycle of lost potential

Resistance is a way of defending local people’s rights in dealing with mining policy

A new interdenominational Christian movement is gaining momentum in urban centres

A recent visit to Ambon shows that trade is helping to bridge the divide in a religiously segregated society

Prison can be a place of radicalisation or rehabilitation

Pentecostalism and its expressive religiosity resonates with a new generation of Christians

A Christian church is asserting its democratic rights by suing the mayor of Depok

Minahasan Christians reinterpret their cultural history and identity through religion

Chinese Indonesians and the Pentecostal-charismatic movement

Challenges remain for Chinese Indonesians 10 years after reformasi

Images of highlanders at home and abroad

New norms about love and marriage alter the rules for the young

The people of Poso are rebuilding their lives.

In the aftermath of religious conflict, ethnic difference is becoming more prominent in Ambon

GERRY VAN KLINKEN explores the dramatic conflict within the Batak Protestant Church (HKBP). Environmental protest, military-backed thugs, and guerilla tactics to attend Sunday worship - these are the ingredients of a bizarre story.

When they hear the sacred texts of the church, Papuans see a better future

Forestry business packaged in ecological concerns in Flores

A Christian candidate for a Muslim party in North Maluku

Diverse responses to proponents of Islamic law indicate democracy is healthy in South Sulawesi

Televangelism comes to regional Indonesia