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Journal of Religion and Decoloniality
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Core Subject : Religion, Humanities, Art, Social,
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Journal of Religion and Decoloniality (JRD) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary academic journal exploring the intersections of religion, spirituality, and decolonial thought. It explores how religious traditions, theological frameworks, and spiritual practices are implicated and can respond to histories and structures of coloniality. This journal provides a critical platform for scholars, practitioners, and activists who engage with religious traditions, institutions, and epistemologies through decolonial lenses. The journal is published under Elkuator Research and Publication.
Arjuna Subject : Seni dan Humaniora - Studi Agama
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Sacred Legitimacy and Political Failure: Religion in Balthasar Klau’s Movement in Southern Belu, 1950–1965 Muhammad Jaris Almazani; Febi Setiyawati; Muhammad Lodhi Firmansyah
Journal of Religion and Decoloniality Vol. 1 No. 2 (2025): Journal of Religion and Decoloniality
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24260/jrd.1.2.101

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The makdok movement led by Balthasar Klau in Southern Belu (1950–1965) reflected complex religio-political dynamics that went beyond mere heresy or local political events. Previous studies on Klau have largely emphasized historical perspectives, leaving a gap in understanding the symbolic meanings and spiritual role of the makdok as an instrument of political resistance in postcolonial society. This gap highlights the need for an anthropological inquiry into how Tetun cosmology, Catholic symbols, and modern political networks (PKI and BTI) were interwoven. The main research question addresses how the makdok functioned as an alternative authority negotiating power relations between adat, the Church, and the state. This study employed a qualitative-descriptive approach with its locus in Southern Belu, using an ethnohistorical method through archival research, literature review, and field testimonies. Data analysis was conducted interpretively within the framework of symbolic and political anthropology (Geertz, Comaroff & Comaroff). The findings reveal the hybridity of religious and political authority that constructed a utopian imagination of a world without labor, fair economic distribution, and promises of prosperity from the sea. The novelty of this study lies in the concept of a “political makdok” as a form of decolonialism from below. Recommendations emphasize further studies on the interrelation between local spirituality and modern organizations, as well as the potential of hybrid authority to form alternative models of power in postcolonial contexts.
A Review of Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús’s Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease Andi Alfian
Journal of Religion and Decoloniality Vol. 1 No. 2 (2025): Journal of Religion and Decoloniality
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24260/jrd.1.2.140

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In Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease, Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús examines excited delirium, a pseudo-racialized medical diagnosis that has been used to explain the deaths of Black and Brown people in police custody. Beliso-De Jesús argues that excited delirium is used to legitimize police violence against people who are stigmatized as “the drug-addled, unhinged, superhuman Black persons.” Through this book, and this is the most important aspect for me in reading this book, Beliso-De Jesús shows that Afro-Latine religious traditions, especially the practices of copresences (taking spirits and spiritualism seriously), can serve not only to understand this racial violence, but also to heal.

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