Peace Spirituality Through Interreligious Engagement

A Case of Education to Toleration and Peace Spirituality in Yogyakarta

Authors

  • Imanuel Geovasky Doctorate student at the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26034/fr.jehe.2024.6870

Keywords:

Education to tolerance, public space, peace and spirituality, interreligious dialogue, interreligious engagement in the Indonesian context, Muslims and Christians in the public sphere

Abstract

Historically, Yogyakarta had enjoyed the reputation of being a bastion of interreligious tolerance in Indonesia. Still, a growing spate of events that were manifestations of religious intolerance calls for a rethinking of that narrative. This paper examines public space civility, peace spirituality, and interreligious engagement in Yogyakarta. Through a quantitative survey approach, it is found that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between positive public space civility and peace spirituality. Apart from the positive correlations of public behaviour and peace spirituality, there is also a theory-practice gap, in that most measures seemed to make the Muslim and Christian participants alike appear very insecure. The current study extends earlier research and underlines how grassroots interreligious engagement can stand in front in peace-making, enhancing spirituality, and religious tolerance.

Author Biography

Imanuel Geovasky, Doctorate student at the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Imanuel Geovasky is a doctorate student at the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS), Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM). Ordained as a pastor in the Christian Church of Java, he holds a Master of Arts in Peace Studies from the Graduate School of Public Policy and Social Research, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, and a Bachelor of Theology from the Faculty of Theology, Duta Wacana Christian University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. His research interests focus on polarization, identity politics, religious tolerance, peace education, and peacebuilding.

Email:  imanuelgeovasky@mail.ugm.ac.id

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Published

2024-12-30

How to Cite

Geovasky, I. (2024). Peace Spirituality Through Interreligious Engagement: A Case of Education to Toleration and Peace Spirituality in Yogyakarta. Journal of Ethics in Higher Education, (5), 183–198. https://doi.org/10.26034/fr.jehe.2024.6870

Issue

No. 5 (2024): Ethics in Open and Distance Education

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Non-thematic Articles

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