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[A]ccording to the 2000 census, 35.09 percent of Chinese Indonesians throughout Indonesia are Christian.Cites omitted
Approximately three per cent of Indonesia's population is ethnic Chinese [], most of whom are Christians[.]
The 2000 census, however, does provide information on ethnicity, although the data on Chinese Indonesians is "severely flawed," ***. In the 2000 census, many Chinese Indonesians reportedly did not self-identify due to fears related to the 1998 race riots ***. [Professor] Mackie stated that, "whether the non-reporting Chinese numbered only a small proportion or vastly more in any region, or nationally, is quite unknown and unknowable"Cites omitted.
Between 1966 and 1976, some 2 million ethnic Javanese from nominally Islamic backgrounds converted to Christianity
Religion is belief in Almighty God that must be possessed by every human being. Religion can be divided into Muslim, Christian, Catholic, Hindu, Buddhist, Hu Khong Chu, and Other Religion.Moslem 207176162 (87.18%), Christian 16528513 (6.96%), Catholic 6907873 (2.91%), Hindu 4012116 (1.69%), Buddhist 1703254 (0.72%), Khong Hu Chu 117091 (0.05%), Other 299617 (0.13%), Not Stated 139582 (0.06%), Not Asked 757118 (0.32%), Total 237641326
p. 25: Finally, during this century there has been a rapid growth in the number of Chinese Christians. Very few Chinese were Christians at the turn of the century.[Joh. Rauws et al., The Netherlands Indies (London: Dominion Press, 1935), p. 163] Christians today make up roughly 10 or 15 percent of the Chinese population in Indonesia,[Cooley, Indonesia, pp. 98-99, and other studies] and perhaps a higher proportion among the young. The conversion of Chinese to Christianity accelerated in the 1960s, particularly in East Java, and for Indonesia as a whole, the proportion of Chinese who were Catholic rose from 2 percent in 1957 to 6 percent in 1969 [Coppel, "The Indonesian Chinese", p. 196]. The growth of Christianity has been greatest among the peranakan (local-born) Chinese. This growth appears to represent both a response to intensive missionary efforts and a search for acceptance and identification in the Indonesian community through espousal of a more acceptable, less "Chinese" religion[G. W. Skinner, "The Chinese Minority", in Ruth T. McVey (ed.), Indonesia, p. 108] which at the same time removes suspicion of communist sympathies.
[A]ccording to the 2000 census, 35.09 percent of Chinese Indonesians throughout Indonesia are Christian.Cites omitted
Approximately three per cent of Indonesia's population is ethnic Chinese [], most of whom are Christians[.]
The 2000 census, however, does provide information on ethnicity, although the data on Chinese Indonesians is "severely flawed," ***. In the 2000 census, many Chinese Indonesians reportedly did not self-identify due to fears related to the 1998 race riots ***. [Professor] Mackie stated that, "whether the non-reporting Chinese numbered only a small proportion or vastly more in any region, or nationally, is quite unknown and unknowable"Cites omitted.
Of the estimated five million ethnic Chinese in Indonesia, well over 70 percent are now Christian.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[T]he massive religious conversion of 1965 and onward should be understood against the backdrop of government pressures and policies which required all citizens to embrace an official religion. They also observe that some Indonesians decided to become Christian because they felt there had been too much tension between Islam and communism. Christianity perhaps was the least risky option.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Of the estimated five million ethnic Chinese in Indonesia, well over 70 percent are now Christian.
[T]he massive religious conversion of 1965 and onward should be understood against the backdrop of government pressures and policies which required all citizens to embrace an official religion. They also observe that some Indonesians decided to become Christian because they felt there had been too much tension between Islam and communism. Christianity perhaps was the least risky option.