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View all search results“The application contradicts Minangkabau culture with its philosophy of Adat Basandi Syarak, Syarak Basandi Kitabullah [culture is based on sharia, sharia is based on Quran],” Irwan wrote in the letter.
I am not saying that “online mass” may liturgically raise a problem in terms of eroding the participation of worshippers in celebrations. We should realize that real rituals in any religion are never generic and never exist in books or media. Nothing on a YouTube channel, for example, is a ritual.
There is no Easter like this year.Christian communities in Indonesia have seen it all in the past, from natural disasters, to terrorist attacks and persecutions, but the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in how it has changed the way Christians celebrate holy days.
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