About Us
Institute for Inter-faith Dialogue in Indonesia

 

 

Name

The name of the institution is Institute for Inter-faith Dialogue in Indonesia (Interfidei). In Indonesian the name is Institut Dialog Antar-iman di Indonesia (Institut DIAN), thus abbreviated as Institut DIAN/Interfidei. This institution can be reached at:

Banteng Utama 59
Perum Banteng Baru
Telp. (0274) 880149. Fax. (0274) 887864
Yogyakarta 55581
E-mail : dianinterfidei@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.interfidei.or.id

Logo

The institution logo is a "candle" or "dian" in Bahasa Indonesia (spelled /di'an/), with the top part red-coloured and the base white (dian is also an acronym of dialog antar-iman [inter-faith dialogue]). "DIAN" is a candle which gives light amidst darkness. Everyone is as it were a "candle," which gives light unto himself, to others, and to surrounding environment, with all of them receiving light from one and the only source, namely God.

Establishment

Institut DIAN/Interfidei was founded at 20 December, 1991 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia by notarial document no.38, and then publicly announced institutionally at 10 August, 1992.

 

Vision

The establishment of a civil society which is rooted in humanitarian and democratic values.

 

 

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Institution Positioning

  • The insitute is not representing institutional religion, but is a community of various religious adherents.
  • The working scope of the institution is not limited on the state-recognized religions (Islam, Christian, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism), but also on every religious expression in the Indonesia society, such as Confuciansim, tribal religions, and traditional beliefs.
  • The institution is to serve as a forum, wherein religious thinking and faith concepts which evolve from the dynamics of discourses on pluralism, as well as real life encounters, were shared and discussed.


Why "inter-faith dialogue"?

  1. "Faith" is an authentic expression of a correlation between conviction and the real world, which is tightly interconnected with everyday life experience. Therefore, faith can be brought down from its sacred realm and be discussed openly and freely.
  2. "Faith" as the essence of any religion, encourages people toward a dialogue with the other as an individual, and not as an institution.
  3. A "dialogue" is not meant to undermine differences, but a step undertaken in an effort to establish communicationas well as an expression of readiness to listen to other people's view, to mutually respect one another and above all to be open to the views, or faiths other than one's own.
  4. Nevertheless, conflict is also inherent in a dialogue while at the same time promising in the end a more mature attitudein facingup and resolving conflict.

 

  
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