The Trepidation of the Name: "Allah" as the polemical space among Indonesian Christians

This study is an exploration of polemical discourse of the Sacred Name Movement and Hebraic Root Movement among Indonesian Christians, against other Christian communities in Indonesia. The former is attempting to retrace the Judaic root of Christianity and incorporate some of the presumed Judaic traditions into its religious system. One distinct feature of it is the enthusiasm to revive the ancient name of Biblical God, the Tetragrammaton, and claimed it as the truest name of Christian God. The preference of the name is going hand in hand with the groups’ antagonistic attitude toward the more traditional usage of name of God, “Allah,” notably as appears in the standard Indonesian Bible translation. This position obviously put the group at odds with larger Christian community. The study is meant to understand the politics of identity through the polemic of the name of God, especially in connection with the complicated interaction between Indonesian Christians and Muslims