Interfaith Communication Muslim-Christian Social Interaction in Sindang Jaya, Ciranjang, Cianjur
- DOI
- 10.2991/icomacs-18.2018.17How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Christian; Indonesia; Islam; Tolerance
- Abstract
West Java is a province whose level of religious intolerance is still high. But different sights are found in the village of Sindang Jaya, Ciranjang, Cianjur. The people of this village, despite having a significant population of Christians, there has never been any friction or religious social conflict. The study aims to describe the religious life of the people of this village, the socio-religious interaction between them, the factors caused it and its implications. This research was conducted with qualitative approach supported by quantitative data or known as mixed method. This study found that the religious life of this village is, generally, harmonious and tolerance. They practiced inclusive, tolerance and humanistic theology. Only small amount of them who still adhere intolerance theology. Social-religious interaction between Muslims and Christians in this village is quite intensive. Factors that influences it include historical, theological, sociological and political. The study also found that sociological and political factors are the dominance ones. This study implies that maintaining harmonious interfaith communication need multi methods and multi disciplined approach.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Nurrohman Syarif AU - Asep Saeful Muhtadi PY - 2018/10 DA - 2018/10 TI - Interfaith Communication Muslim-Christian Social Interaction in Sindang Jaya, Ciranjang, Cianjur BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Media and Communication Studies (ICOMACS 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 68 EP - 73 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icomacs-18.2018.17 DO - 10.2991/icomacs-18.2018.17 ID - Syarif2018/10 ER -