Keyword, Religion and Politics of Disaster

By: Mudhofir Abdullah

Lecturer at State Islamic Religion Higher School (STAIN) Surakarta

Flood in Jakarta

Response after the flood disaster

Socio-economy-politics-culture resources in facing the disaster

The definition of politics of disaster

Suprastructure level

Main concept of mitigation

Pioneering and leadershipResponsibility of government

Prohibition of big number of victims

The role of religion

Environmental damage

Human morality and human behavior

Mary Evelyn Tucker, ecology expert and environmental activist, Buckel University, Pennsylvania

The need of ethics and values

Indonesia as the religious nation

Islam, Christian, Catholic, Hind, Budha Potential power

Disaster is not God punishment

Original source: Religion and Politics of Disaster

January 24, 2008
Friday 16 February 2007