From Personal to Social Transformation: A Phenomenological Study on the Life of ‘Kyai Kampung’
Abstract: The study aims to
explore phenomenologically the experiences of “kyai kampong” at Madrasah
‘Tasywiqul Mustarsyidin’ Demak, Central Java, Indonesia. This study
specifically emphasizes how personal transformation could result into larger
social transformation. The experiences of Kyai Kampung at Maredan Village,
Demak, Central Java reveals that certain principles of life drawn from a rich
religious tradition have empowered local religious leader to transform himself
and his community. Religious tradition and local wisdom shape their daily life
and self-identity. Under the pressure of modernization and globalization values
which are dominated by the value of consumerism and materialism, the kyais are
still holding strongly the value of ‘ikhlas’ in their teaching tradition. Even
though they strongly hold Islamic religious teaching, they do not ignore the
importance of local culture in their daily lives.
Author: Nur
Kafid
Journal Code: jpsosiologigg140024
