Pluralism Articles

International Tolerance Day: Unlearning Helplessness

[Read directly on TheJakartaPost.com] by Jennie M. Xue, Singapore UNESCO proclaimed Nov. 16 International Tolerance Day in 1995 to generate public awareness of the dangers of intolerance. As a triple minority in Indonesia and an Asian female immigrant in the US, I...

Reconditioning Altruism for a New and Improved Indonesia

[Read directly on Magdalene.co.] by Jennie M. Xue Under Jokowi-JK, Indonesia has a new leash on life through “mental revolution”. The fight is on to reduce poverty, corruption and mismanagement – and, ultimately, to eradicate them. The whole world had never been this...

What the Year of the Horse Means

Read directly on The Jakarta Post. by Jennie M. Xue and Michael J. Rahardjo, Singapore and Jakarta According to the Chinese Lunar Calendar, the year 2565 is the Year of the Wooden Horse. With the horse as the strongest “fire” animal in the 12...

Memoir: Diaspora, Love and Equality

[Read directly at TheJakartaPost.com.] by Jennie S. Bev, Santa Clara I shared with a good friend that I don’t really know where I belong now. And I might always feel this way throughout my lifetime. He said, “You are lucky, Jen, because you have two...

Reconditioning Altruism for a New and Improved Indonesia

Reconditioning Altruism for a New and Improved Indonesia

Jan 16, 2015 | Human Rights, Indonesia, Magdalene, Philosophy, Pluralism

[Read directly on Magdalene.co.] by Jennie M. Xue Under Jokowi-JK, Indonesia has a new leash on life through “mental...

What the Year of the Horse Means

Feb 1, 2014 | Islam, Jakarta Post, Peacebuilding, Pluralism

Read directly on The Jakarta Post. by Jennie M. Xue and Michael J. Rahardjo, Singapore and...

Memoir: Diaspora, Love and Equality

Dec 5, 2012 | Chinese, Jakarta Post, Memoir, Pluralism, Politics

[Read directly at TheJakartaPost.com.] by Jennie S. Bev, Santa Clara I shared with a good friend that I...

Jakarta Election Results in Vote of Confidence for Pluralism

Nov 7, 2012 | Common Ground News, Indonesia, Islam, Pluralism

[Read this article directly on The Common Ground News.] [Baca artikel ini dalam versi berbahasa Indonesia di The...

Agama dalam Cengkeraman Pemerintah

Aug 21, 2012 | Bhinneka, Indonesia, Pluralism

Download BHINNEKA Agama Dalam Cengkeraman Pemerintah PDF oleh Jennie S. Bev Sila pertama Pancasila “KeTuhanan yang...

Bridging peoples and cultures with dual citizenship

Feb 28, 2012 | Globalization, Human Rights, Indonesia, Pluralism, Strategic Review

by Jennie S. Bev Last August, Dino Patti Djalal, the Indonesian ambassador to the United States, sent an email to...

Remembering the May 1998 Tragedy

May 18, 2011 | Human Rights, Indonesia, Pluralism, Tempo

by Jennie S. Bev Every May, my mood becomes somber. Thirteen years ago, in 1998, mobs destroyed, torched, and looted...

Multiculturalism and pluralism: failed fad?

Dec 5, 2010 | Human Rights, Jakarta Post, Pluralism

by Jennie S. Bev German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that multiculturalism in Europe has failed. Prior to that, Thilo...

Las Vegas, Indonesia, and fashion morality

Aug 19, 2010 | Indonesia, Jakarta Post, Pluralism

by Jennie S. Bev I visit Las Vegas whenever I want to watch my favorite singers performing. A few years ago, Celine...

Interpreting Koran as the source of living fatwas

Aug 3, 2010 | Human Rights, Islam, Jakarta Post, Pluralism, Politics

by Jennie S. Bev In Indonesia, clerics and their “political” organization Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) have been...

Anniversary of Indonesian Riots Spurs Talk on Pluralism

May 25, 2010 | Common Ground News, Indonesia, Islam, Pluralism

[Read directly on CommonGroundNews.org.] San Francisco, California - This month marks the 12th anniversary of a...

Anniversary of Indonesian riots spurs talk about pluralism

May 24, 2010 | Common Ground News, Human Rights, Indonesia, Peacebuilding, Pluralism, Politics

by Jennie S. Bev This month marks the 12th anniversary of a critical event in recent Indonesian history –the May 1998...

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