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Ethics of Belonging offers a sophisticated ethnographic and theoretical inquiry into deliberative practices of education and religious citizenship in contemporary Indonesia. Its discussion of, and arguments concerning, the study of ethics will be of great interest to scholars well beyond Indonesia, especially in anthropology and social sciences and humanities more broadly. The author has brought together a remarkable range of ethnographic insights from multiple fields of social, religious, and political production. This focus on deliberation offers a remedy for overdetermined explanations about discipline and state power in the formation of ethical subjects.--James B. Hoesterey, Emory University Larson presents an interesting case study about how educators attempt to teach the values of pluralism to high school students in North Sulawesi, a Christian majority region of Indonesia. These efforts at teaching and instilling the values of inclusivism are consistently challenged by the tendency in Indonesia to view things through the lens of majoritarianism when it comes to religion. Her work is a welcome addition to the literature on pluralism and religious diversity in that discussions of pluralism in Indonesia overwhelmingly focus on Islam and how Islamic segments of society contribute to or hinder efforts at creating a more inclusive Indonesia.--Christopher Duncan, Rutgers University

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Erica M. Larson is research fellow in the Religion and Globalisation Cluster at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.

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