인도네시아의 헌법과 법률에 나타난 종교문화 고찰

Many Muslims have settled down in Korea by way of the employments and the marriages. Although the Koreans have the tolerance for the various religious traditions, they still feel unfamiliar with Islam. But in this era of globalization, Korean society is requested to embrace new perspectives related to Islam. At this point, it is meaningful to review the influences of the Islamic tradition and the significance of religion in the Indonesian Constitution. The Republic of Indonesia is a democratic society with a culture of mutual coexistence based on a variety of languages, peoples, and religions. In spite of the fact that Indonesia consists of the majority of Muslims, freedom of religion is widely accepted when compared to other Islamic countries. And this freedom of religion in Indonesia is protected through the Indonesian Constitution and laws. Therefore, it is necessary to examine them in detail for understanding the relationship between Indonesian Constitution and the religions in the reality of its institutions. In this paper, I examined legally the culture of religion in Indonesia from the standpoint of the Indonesian Constitution and laws and conclude that ‘The Constitution of Indonesia’ presents religion in terms of national ideology, social institutions, and human rights. So, the freedom of religion for the individual human being in one hand and the restriction of religion as for the social institution in the other are conflicted each other in Indonesian legal system, including Constitution and Acts. We will need to see this conflict in order to understand Indonesian culture of religion, properly and deeply. This study is expected to help us understand Islam as the religion and the culture as a reality, which is approaching nearer to the Korean society.