Sacralization of natural environment and the socio-religious conditions of the South Coast of Java

Sardjuningsih, Sardjuningsih, Indah, Rohmani Nur ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6176-048X and Umam, Khaerul (2023) Sacralization of natural environment and the socio-religious conditions of the South Coast of Java. Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences, 44 (3). pp. 1197-1206. ISSN 2452–3151

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Abstract

This article concerns the sacredness of the natural environment and the socio-religious objects of coastal communities. It employs a sociological approach with the theory of functionalism-structural analysis by Robert K. Merton on the relationship between natural environmental conditions and people’s thinking patterns. It is supported by the Geographical and environmental schools, emphasizing that society responds to environmental conditions in thinking patterns, culture and life values. The heterogeneity of the south coastal environment forms a pattern of community religiosity with a cosmological anthropomorphic spiritualism value. It considers that the nature of south coast metaphysics is where mysterious, mystical and magical spirits reside. A famous myth legalizes this cosmological belief in Java about the superiority of the supernatural powers. This myth has a dual function, namely, a theological basis and a traditional instrument that protects the South Coast of Java’s ecological damage. The finding of this study also contributes to the field of Sociology of Religion concerning the wealth of the community’s spirituality embedded in people’s lives

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	myths; natural environment; religious; sacred; traditions
Subjects:	16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1608 Sociology > 160810 Urban Sociology and Community Studies 16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1608 Sociology
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities > Department of English Language and Letters
Depositing User:	Dr. Rohmani Nur Indah
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2023 15:48

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