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Integritas Terbuka: Peace and Interfaith Studies
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Integritas Terbuka: Peace and Interfaith Studies (INT) is an open access journal that includes multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary religious studies in the field of interfaith dialogue and peace studies. Integritas Terbuka: Peace and Interfaith Studies is part of the Open Integrity Program, an experiential and interactive program that uses the wisdom of the Open Integrity approach. The program is designed to develop skills, knowledge, and attitudes that bring to life the values of wisdom from different faiths and religions to build peace in a contemporary pluralistic world. This scientific journal (INT) focuses on an in-depth study of religious beliefs and traditions as well as interfaith dialogical relationships that influence contemporary social realities in the social dynamics of society, including: (1) research focused on the uniqueness in religious beliefs and traditions found in religious texts and best-practices of social aspects of religious experience and practice in society; (2) research that builds a broader awareness and understanding of the potential for promoting peace that is evident in dialogue between people of different faith traditions.
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From Formal Recognition to Substantive Recognition: Citizenship Challenges of Confucianism in Post–New Order Indonesia Rika Dilawati; Mohamad Dindin Hamam Sidik
Integritas Terbuka: Peace and Interfaith Studies Vol. 5 No. 1 (2026): Integritas Terbuka: Peace and Interfaith Studies
Publisher : Kongregasi Hati Kudus Yesus (RSCJ) Indonesia

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Abstract

This study aims to analyze the gap between formal recognition and substantive recognition of Confucianism in post–New Order Indonesia. Although the state has officially re-recognized Confucianism as a recognized religion since the Reformasi era, its adherents continue to face various challenges related to administrative services, social acceptance, and citizenship equality. This study employs a qualitative approach through a literature review of academic publications, legal documents, state regulations, population data, and previous studies on Confucianism, the politics of recognition, religious freedom, and citizenship in Indonesia. Using Charles Taylor’s politics of recognition perspective, this study identifies four major findings. First, the position of Confucianism within Indonesia’s legal system has undergone historical dynamics characterized by recognition, marginalization, and re-recognition. Second, the formal recognition granted by the state has not fully produced substantive recognition in public services and civil administration practices. Third, various forms of social racism and historical stigma against the Chinese-Confucian community persist despite the abolition of discriminatory state policies. Fourth, the Confucian community has developed various resilience strategies through institutional adaptation, education, social participation, and identity negotiation to maintain its presence within Indonesia’s public sphere. This study demonstrates that legal recognition does not always correspond directly to the realization of citizenship equality. Therefore, broader efforts are necessary to strengthen substantive recognition through policy reform, inclusive public services, and greater social acceptance of minority religious groups. As an original contribution, this study offers an interpretation of the Confucian community’s experience as an example of how recognition operates as a gradual, multilayered, and continuously negotiated process within Indonesia’s multicultural society.