“Dialog Antar Agama”*


“The role of religions in maintaining peace in
Indonesia”


Indonesia is a diverse nation. There are hundreds of
ethnic groups and races, dozens of ethnic languages,
and many different religions that have been existed in
the archipelagic country. This diversity, however,
has become a significant source of conflict. Religion,
for example, is the reason behind many regional and
local conflicts, such as in Maluku and Central
Sulawesi. After Suharto’s repressive regime
collapsed, many restrictions on religious-based
criticisms have been lifted. Many organizations
including political parties adopt religion as its
basic ideology and abandon the secular basis Pancasila
that has been promoted by Suharto regime as the new
way of life for a diverse Indonesia. Despite the fact
that the reform movement advances political freedom,
it also gives rise to the radical religious movements.


In fact, religion should not be blamed for the
regional conflicts because no religion encourages the
acts of violence. All religions expect its believers
to respect humanity, and therefore hurting or killing
others is prohibited. Consequently, religion can be
applied as a mean for peaceful resolutions in those
conflicts. Indonesians of all religions must see the
similarities and tolerate the differences among them.
Through tireless effort for dialogues, formal and
informal leaders including intellectuals can help
strengthening the social cohesion and inter-faith
trust while reducing the paranoid among the small band
of radicals who use religion as its source of hate and
suspicion.


Waktu: 26 April 2003
12-2 pm: Resepsi makan siang
2-5: Dialog antar agama
5-6: Ramah tamah


Tempat: Curry Student Center, room 333 - Northeastern
University.


Pembicara:
1. Sumiati Lily: MBA student, Southern New Hampshire
University (mewakili agama Budha)
2. Joas Adiprasetya: Ph.D student, Boston University
(mewakili agama kristen)
3. Romo Pitoyo: Ph.D student, Boston College (mewakili
agama katholik)
4. Judian Wahyudi Ph.D: Postdoc Harvard Law (mewakili
agama Islam)

Latar belakang pembicara;
1. Sumiati Lili.
Graduated from Maranatha Christian University. And
Bandung School of Economics. Bandung, Indonesia
majoring in English and accounting respectively.
Currently she is pursuing MBA and MSIB at Southern New
Hampshire University. Manchester, New Hampshire.

2. Joas Adiprasetya
Received his bachelor and master degrees from Sekolah
Tinggi Teologi Jakarta in 1993 and 1998 respectively.
Currently, he is a Doctoral student: School of
Theology, Boston University. He also serves as a
pastor at GKI Pondok Indah, Jakarta.

3. Romo Pitoyo
1983: entered The Society of Jesus. 1989: S1 in
Philosophy (Driyarkara School of Philosophy, Jakarta).
1995: ordained to the Priesthood. 1996: MA in Theology
(Ateneo de Manila University, Manila-Philippines). At
present: Ph.D candidate in Philosophy (Boston
College), teaching Philosophy of the Persons at Boston
College.

Work Experience in Thailand:
-Catholic Students Chaplain at Chiangmai University.
-Director of the Jesuit Candidacy program
-Director of the Jesuit Vocations Promotions
-National Secretary of the Apostleship of Prayer

4. Yudian Wahyudi
Profession: Lecturer of Islamic Legal Philosophy at
the Sunan Kalijaga State Institute of Islamic Studies,
Yogyakarta (1989-)

Education:
-Pesantren (Islamic Boarding School) Tremas (Pacitan,
1972-1978); Krapyak (Yogyakarta, 1978-1979);
-B.A. in Islamic Law (Sunan Kalijaga State Institute
of Islamic Studies, 1982);
-B.A. in Philosophy (Gajah Mada University, 1986);
-Drs. in Islamic Law (Sunan Kalijaga State Institute
of Islamic Studies);
-KKN in Philosophy (Gajah Mada University, 1988; D.O.
unknown);
-M.A. in Islamic Law (Institute of Islamic Studies,
McGill University, 1993);
-Ph.D. in Islamic Thought (Institute of
IslamicStudies, McGill University, 2002);
-Visiting Scholar (Harvard Islamic Legal Studies
Program, 2002-2003).

Professional Membership:
Member of MESA (Middle East Studies Association), AAR
(American Academy of Religion), DAVO (German Middle
East Studies Association), and NU (Nahdlatoel Oelama).
-President of Indonesian Student Association in Canada
(PERMIKA-Montreal, 1997);
-Indonesian delegate to APEC (Montreal, 1997);
-President of Indonesian Academic Society XXI (Canada,
1998-1999).

Informasi lebih lanjut:
1. Dea Susanto: idss451@...
2. Anne Natanagara; anneridwan@...
3. Dimas Harmoko: azisoko@...
4. Cortino Sukotjo : cortinosukotjo@...

*Acara ini diselenggarakan atas kerjasama Permias
Mass, IQRA Boston, KMK , ICF, serta beberapa
organisasi keagamaan lainnya.



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