On the Role of Interreligious Dialogue in Religious Studies Programs at Indonesian State Islamic Universities

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On the Role of Interreligious Dialogue in Religious Studies Programs at Indonesian State Islamic Universities Florian Pohl (bio) Keywords interreligious dialogue, Indonesian state Islamic universities, religious studies, Mukti Ali, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Semirang, interfaith relations The academic study of religion has seen a crucial re-examination of its disciplinary identity over the past decades that has challenged the theoretical foundations and core concepts around which this identity is constructed. The process has led not only to greater disciplinary self-awareness but also to an understanding of the study’s genealogy and to an ongoing concern with the theoretical basis and constitution of the field. This essay is, at least partially, informed by this genre of scholarship that demands we use the same kind of critical scrutiny and intellectual rigor with which we study the institutions and behaviors of religious subjects to examine the disciplinary parameters in which our own produ

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