Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia

Study of how Indonesian village heads use government assistance to maintain power and influence elections during the country's democratic transition period.

Ethnographic study exploring how spiritual legitimacy functions as symbolic infrastructure organizing maternal health decisions among the Akit Indigenous community in Indonesia, challenging.

Analysis of negara kesatuan as a unitary state concept grounded in Indonesian folk religious theology rather than Western political theory, centered on the mystical metaphor of divine-human unity.

Explore how Catholics practice Marian devotion as veneration rather than worship, examining forms like rosary recitation and pilgrimages while addressing theological misconceptions and.

Explore Ngaji Filsafat, a mosque-based philosophical study movement among young Muslims in Yogyakarta that challenges conventional Islamic engagement through reflective inquiry and intellectual.

Explore how Aceh's Tamiang people preserve and transform the Majapahit narrative of Patih Gajah Mada through oral tradition, challenging Javanese-centered historical accounts with locally grounded.