PROFILE

Photo of Dr. Zainal Abidin Bagir

 

Director

E-Mail:  zainalbagir at ugm dot ac dot id

From:  Universitas Gadjah Mada

 

 

Education

Bachelor: Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung

Master: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, ISTAC, Malaysia

Doctor: Indiana University, USA

Recent Publications

2023: Humans and Nature: Does Religion Make a Difference in Indonesia?, Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 17.1 (2023) pp. 30–55 (second author; with Frans Wijsen, S. Maarif, M. Yusuf, A. Marsiyanti)

2022: Emerging Discourses on Freedom of Religion or Belief in Indonesia, Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology, 6.2 (2022) 189–195.

2022: The Indigenous Politics of Justice: the Case of the Sedulur Sikep Movement in Central Java, Jurnal Kawistara 12 (2) (2022), 181-199. (Second author; first author: Ronald Adam)

2022: Politik Moderasi dan Kebebasan Beragama (The Politics of Religious Moderation and Freedom) (Co-editor with Jimmy Sormin), Elex Media, 2022.

2022:  Emerging Discourses on Freedom of Religion or Belief in Indonesia, Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology, 6.2 (2022) 189–195.

2022: “Combating Intolerance Resolution and The Prospect to Revise Defamation of Religion Regulations” (a republication, with minor revisions, of an article with the same title published in 2014), in HAM dan Syariat (Human Rights and Shari’a), Penerbit Mizan, 2022. (Bilingual: Indonesian, pp. 359-374; English: 347-361)

2021: Varieties of Religion and Ecology: Dispatches from Indonesia, eds. Zainal Abidin Bagir, Michael S. Northcott and Frans Wijsen, Belgium: LIT Verlag, 2021

2021: Varieties of Religion and Ecology in Indonesia, in Varieties of Religion and Ecology: Dispatches from Indonesia, ed. Zainal Abidin Bagir, Michael S. Northcott and Frans Wijsen, Belgium: LIT Verlag, 2021

2021: Religion, Democracy, and Citizenship, Twenty Years after Reformasi, in Indonesian Pluralities: Islam, Citizenship, and Democracy, eds. Robert W. Hefner and Zainal Abidin Bagir, Notre Dame University Press, 2021, 195-225.

2021:  Indonesian Pluralities: Islam, Citizenship, and Democracy, eds. Robert W. Hefner and Zainal Abidin Bagir, Notre Dame University Press, 2021 (https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268108625/indonesian-pluralities/)

2020: Limitations to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Indonesia: Norms and Practices. Religion and Human Rights 15 (2020), 39–56.

2020: Democracy and the “Conservative Turn” in Indonesia. Alternative Voices in Muslim Southeast Asia (eds. Norshahril Saat and Ibrahim, Azhar). ISEAS. 139-155.

2019: Reading Laudato Si’ in a Rainforest Country: Ecological Conversion and Recognition of Indigenous Communities. Laudato Si’ and the Environment: Pope Francis' Green Encyclical (ed. Robert McKim) Routledge. 38-59.

2019: Membatasai tanpa Melanggar Kebebasan Beragama atau Berkeyakinan. CRCS UGM.

2018: Kerukunan dan Penodaan Agama: Alternatif Penyelesaian Masalah. CRCS UGM.

2018: The Politics and Law of Religious Governance in Indonesia. Routledge Companion to Contemporary Indonesia.

2017: Islam and Ecology: Norms and Practices. Routledge Handbook of Religion and Ecology. 79-87.

2015: The Importance of Religion and Ecology in Indonesia. Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology 19 (2), 99-102

2014: Mengelola keragaman dan kebebasan beragama: sejarah, teori dan advokasi (Buku Pertama). Program Studi Agama dan Lintas Budaya, Universitas Gadjah Mada.

2014: Advocacy for Religious Freedom in Democratizing Indonesia. The Review of Faith & International Affairs 12 (4), 27-39.

Research Interests

Religion, Science and Ecology, Religious Freedom