Religion In Indonesia

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The diversity of religion in Indonesia changed a lot as time went by. Hinduism began to spread in West Java from the fifth century (“Hinduism in Indonesia”). Buddhism came from India at around the seventh century (“Buddhism: Details about ‘Buddhism in Indonesia’.”). also, Islam had set foot in the beginning of the 16th century (Reuter, Thomas). There were not any dramatic processes such as wars and fights, of changing people from the old traditional and native beliefs to Hindu and Buddhist beliefs, since Hinduism and Buddhism were slowly changing to become the main religions in Indonesia, when it started to spread (Cribb, Robert B.). In Indonesia, there are a lot of events which Muslims changed political decisions, such as when the Christian …show more content…

European countries originally came for the commodities such as the spices in the spice islands of Indonesia, then spread Christianity (DeBrouse, Rachel). Commodities such as coal, cloves, cassava, gas, spices, palm oil, minerals, metal, jewelry, petroleum are an example of commodities in Indonesia (“Trade Indonesia”). Buddhism came from India through the silk road and reached Indonesia (“About the Silk Road”). Islam could spread because Islamic traders were in Indonesia, before the Islamic era had started (“Islam in Indonesia)”. Amit Kalantri says “Hunger gives flavor to the food.” (“Quote by Amit Kalantri”). Just like Kalantri says, since the spices were very rare for the Europeans, the explorers had to come to Indonesia. Also, since the spices were rare, it got expensive naturally, and became a symbol of wealth at that time. By the Europeans coming to Indonesia, it caused religion, Christianity, to naturally spread throughout the country. In conclusion, trading has effected a lot of the spread of religion in Indonesia. Different religions were spreading through the silk road while trading, and the religions settled down in different places of …show more content…

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