IDENTITAS AGAMA, RUANG PUBLIK DAN POST-SEKULARISME: PERSPEKTIF DISKURSUS JURGEN HABERMAS
Abstract: The politic of
identity based on religion is still a major issue of Indonesian nationality. One
such issue is the validity of a religious groups involvement in the national
public policy in Indonesia.In this context, the theory of Jurgen Habermass
discourse and its relation to his view of post-secularism was very relevant to
discuss. For Habermas, theneutrality of the public sphere does not mean that a
vacuum of religion. In the name ofdemocracy, religious positions should be
placed in parallel with the formation of otherpolitical opinions and
aspirations. Functional differentiation in modern society leadingto the
individualization of religion does not necessarily imply loss of influence andrelevance
of religion in the public sphere. Nevertheless, of course, the involvement of religion
in the public sphere still has limits, that the religious language of
particularreligion must be translated into the language first that being
accepted by the public, which has epistemic status that can be accepted by the
other residents. Such alignmentis called postsekular people, where every
citizen has the right faith with the bond of communication with each other.
Penulis: Irfan Noor
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd120288
