Methods of religious leaders in enhancing interfaith harmony cases of Muslims, Buddhis, and Confucians in Malang

Soleh, Achmad Khudori ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5145-6046 and Rahmawati, Erik Sabti (2022) Methods of religious leaders in enhancing interfaith harmony cases of Muslims, Buddhis, and Confucians in Malang. Presented at The International Symposium on Religious Literature and Heritage (ISLAGE 2021), 30 Nov - 2 Dec 2021, Malang.

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Abstract

Social and political considerations alone are not sufficient to be the basis for an inclusive attitude to build religious harmony because conflicts still occur. Activities to promote religious harmony require stronger foundations that are social and political. This study aims to explore the methods of religious leaders in Malang to increase religious harmony. The primary data is based on interviews, documents, and active participation. Six religious leaders were interviewed, representing three religions in Malang, namely Islam, Buddhism and Confucianism. The results showed that religious leaders used at least four methods: providing a theological basis based on inclusive verses, reinterpreting exclusive verses, reinterpreting da'wah’s mining, and conducting live-in activities. This study also shows three methods for interpreting exclusive verses: privatization, hermeneutic, and proportional. Based on this, this study recommends that it is very important to provide a theological basis for religious harmony and live-in activities. In addition, the findings of the three methods of interpretation of exclusive verses can be considered as models of interpretation of the scriptures.
Pertimbangan sosial dan politik semata ternyata tidak memadai untuk menjadi dasar dalam sikap inklusif untuk membangun kerukunan umat beragama, sebab konflik tetap saja terjadi. Kegiatan untuk meningkatkan kerukunan umat beragama membutuhkan dasar-dasar yang lebih kokoh. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggali metode-metode tokoh agama di Malang dalam upaya untuk meningkatkan kerukunan umat beragama. Data utama berdasarkan hasil wawancara ditambah dokumen dan partisipasi aktif. Ada enam tokoh agama yang dijadikan narasumber wawancara, mewakili 3 agama yang ada di Malang, yaitu Islam, Budha dan Konghuchu. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa para tokoh agama setidaknya menggunakan empat metode, yaitu memberi basis teologis berdasarkan atas ayat-ayat inklusif, menafsirkan ulang ayat ekslusif, menafsirkan ulang makna dakwah dan melakukan kegiatan live in. Penelitian ini juga menunjukkan bahwa metode untuk menafsirkan ayat ekslusif ada tiga bentuk, yaitu privatisasi, hermenutik, dan proporsional. Berdasarkan hal tersebut penelitian ini merekomendasikan bahwa pemberian basis teologis untuk kerukunan umat beragama dan kegiatan live in sangat penting untuk dilakukan. Selain itu, tiga metode penafsiran atas ayat ekslusif dapat dipertimbangkan sebagai model penafsiran atas kitab suci.

Item Type:	Conference (Paper)
Keywords:	interfaith harmony; exclusive; inclusive; live-in; interpretation model
Subjects:	22 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES > 2204 Religion and Religious Studies 22 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES > 2299 Other Philosophy and Religious Studies
Divisions:	Faculty of Psychology
Depositing User:	Dr Achmad Khudori Soleh
Date Deposited:	08 Mar 2022 14:18

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