Por-Tugu-Ese? the Protestant Tugu Community of Jakarta, Indonesia
School of Social Sciences Department of Anthropology Por-Tugu-Ese? The Protestant Tugu Community of Jakarta, Indonesia. Raan-Hann Tan Thesis specially presented for the fulfilment of the degree of Doctor in Anthropology Supervisor: Brian Juan O’Neill, Full Professor ISCTE-IUL March, 2016 School of Social Sciences Department of Anthropology Por-Tugu-Ese? The Protestant Tugu Community of Jakarta, Indonesia. Raan-Hann Tan Thesis specially presented for the fulfilment of the degree of Doctor in Anthropology Jury: Dr. Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, Distinguished Professor, Institute of Ethnic Studies, National University of Malaysia Dr. Maria Johanna Christina Schouten, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Beira Interior Dr. Ema Cláudia Ribeiro Pires, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Évora Dr. António Fernando Gomes Medeiros, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) Dr. Marisa Cristina dos Santos Gaspar, Research Fellow, Orient Institute, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon (ISCSP-UL). Dr. Brian Juan O’Neill, Full Professor, Department of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) March, 2016 ABSTRACT Por-Tugu-Ese? The Protestant Tugu Community of Jakarta, Indonesia Keywords: Mardijkers, Betawi, Portuguese identity, Christian village, Keroncong Tugu Although many centuries have passed since Portugal’s Age of Discoveries, enduring hybrid communities are still surviving in places where the Portuguese had been present. Portuguese identity in Malacca, Larantuka, and East Timor, for example, has always been associated with Catholicism. But in Batavia, the Portuguese-speaking population (the Mardijkers, slaves, and Burghers) was converted to Calvinism under Dutch colonization, forming the Protestant Portuguese community in Indonesia.
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