Ethics of Belonging – Education, Religion, and Politics in Manado, Indonesia

Ethics of BelongingEducation, Religion, and Politics in Manado, Indonesia\nAuthor(s): Erica M. Larson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Hawai'i Press, United States\nImprint: University of Hawai'i Press\nISBN-13: 9780824894436, 978-0824894436\nSynopsis\nThe city of Manado and province of North Sulawesi have built a public identity based on religious harmony, claiming to successfully model tolerance and inter-religious relations for the rest of Indonesia. Yet, in discourses and practices relevant to everyday interactions in schools and political debates in the public sphere, two primary contested frames for belonging emerge in tension with one another. On the one hand, \""aspirational coexistence\"" recognizes a common goal of working toward religious harmony and inclusive belonging. On the other hand, \""majoritarian coexistence,\"" in which the legitimacy of religious minorities is understood as guaranteed exclusively by the goodwill of the Protestant majority, also emerges in.