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Choosing Identity: Religions of Chinese Indonesians during the New Order Era
Last modified: 2017-06-19
Abstract
This paper introduces a simple model based on rational-choice theory in predicting religion conversion among Chinese Indonesia. Two periods during the country's New Order Period are discussed: In the first period, most conversions of Chinese Indonesian were toward Christianity, while in the second period, most conversions were toward Islam.
Keywords: religion, conversion, Islam, Christianity, New Order