Rekonstruksi Keberagamaan Santri Jawa
Abstract: This paper
distinguishes first of all between Islam as a system of value—transcendental
Islam that is—and Islam as socio-cultural phenomenon—sociological Islam that
is. The former is about religion as a given system of belief, while the latter
is about religious way of life. While touching briefly on the former, the paper
will focus a great deal on the latter. It will focus as such on the
“constructed Islam” by the Javanese Muslim santris. Employing the social
constructive theory, the paper assumes that these santris are active agents in
building their own religiosity through what may be called a dialectical moment.
Hence, the paper refuses the commonly believed understanding that social facts
are completely outside individual awareness in the process of religious
construction. By this, the paper attempts to show that Javanese
Islam—sociologically speaking—is none other than the product of santri’s
cultural and social upbringing.
Keywords: Reconstructed Islam;
social construction; Javanese santri
Penulis: Ahidul Asror
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd120001
