Mid-Term, Indigenous & Ancestral Religions

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Multiple Choice

Crabs in the bucket have all chances to escape. Fact: none of them escape, some of them even died. Why?

• if I can't escape it, neither can you

• they aren't spiritons. they're lazy

• collective solidarity

• all of them were caught on the scene while escaping

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​mid-term assignment: interfaith encounter

No Meeting on September 30 and October 7

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How about the field trip on October 15?​

​group formation

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​​Islam

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​​Christianity

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​​Catholicism

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​​Hinduism

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​​Buddhism

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​​Confucianism

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​​Sikhism, etc.

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​​Indigenous

5. Ensure the resource persons available for interview between Sept. 24 & Oct. 9

6. Resource person maybe interviewed online or offline

7. Don't forget the Assignment Letter from Prodi

8. Background check of the community before interviewing

1. The final outcome is a 10-15 min. impressive video

2. Submit the link in GoClass container, only by the group coordinator

3. Oct. 14, 21, 28, & Nov 4 - Group Presentation

​Preparations

Special questions:

1. ​You're spiritons, be curious!! Entertain your curiosity

2. Confucianism: the difference between KHC and Tridarma​

3. ​Indigenous: discrimination stories

4. Others: consult with Mas Leo​

​General questions:

1. History of the religion

2. History of the community

3. ​Derived from 7 dimensions of religion (ritual, core teaching, organization, etc.)

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​Preparations

​Contacts

• Let me know if you need a contact​

• Options

  • Confucianism: Mr. Kris Tan

  • Sikhism/Baha'ism/Judaism/Taoism - let me know if you need one of them

  • Indigenous: Mbak Febby Lestari Supriyono (Puan Hayati community) -- Puan Hayati is a women group of Penghayat (so don't forget the specific community she belonged)

​Indigenous & Ancestral Religions

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• ​Huge variety of expressions, often contradictory

• Believed in “unseen superhuman powers”, deities

• ​Their history often preserved in oral traditions, rituals, and material products — later in the Internet

• ​Some of them reviving old (sometimes forgotten) traditions

• Examples (around 270 communities)

• ADS (​Agama Djawa Sunda/Sunda Wiwitan/ Madraisism)

• Ugamo Bangso Batak (Batak)

• Parmalim (Batak)

• Pelebegu/Perbegu (Batak)

• Marapu (Sumba)

• Laroma (North Sulawesi)

• Spiritual communities: Sedulur Sikep, Subud, Sumarah, Sapta Dharma, Perjalanan

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