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Professor of Theology Yudha Thianto, Ph.D., recently published an essay in a new book, . His contribution, 鈥淢uslim 鈥� Calvinist Encounters and the Shaping of Reformed Protestantism in Seventeenth-Century Dutch East Indies,鈥� is part of a collection of essays edited by Prof. Matthias Pohlig, Professor of Early Modern European History at Humboldt-Universit盲t in Berlin. The book was published by G眉tersloher Verlagshaus in G枚ttingen, Germany.

Thianto first presented the paper on the topic at a conference commemorating the 500^th聽anniversary of the Reformation, which was held from July 18-21, 2017, at the Eckstein Haus in Nuremberg, Germany. The theme of the conference was 鈥淛ews, Christians, and Muslims in the Reformation Era,鈥� jointly organized by the Verein f眉r Reformationsgeschichte & The Society for Reformation Research. 鈥淭he organizers of the conference, headed by Prof. Pohlig, selected a handful of papers from the conference to be published in this volume,鈥� said Thianto. 鈥淚 was very delighted that my paper was selected.鈥�

In his essay, Thianto described the encounters between Calvinism and Islam as the Dutch transplanted Reformed Protestantism in the East Indies (modern-day Indonesia) in the 17^th century. Through these encounters, the Dutch adopted a significant number of Arabic words to be used in the Reformed churches that they established. 鈥淚n the article I discussed several reasons why the Dutch chose to do so,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hese reasons were more politically, socio-culturally, and economically driven, and not merely religiously or theologically.鈥�