Sufi Islam and syncretism in Java: and its implications for local secularism
Sufi Islam and syncretism in Java: and its implications for local secularism
au.link.externalLink | [Full Text] (http://www.assumptionjournal.au.edu/index.php/PrajnaVihara/article/view/5947/3288) | |
dc.contributor.author | Lana Indralak | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-21T02:06:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-21T02:06:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the influence of animism and Sufi Islam in Java. It will show that the accomodating approach of Sufism and its tolerance of syncretism was a factor in the spread of Islam in Java. It will be argued that this syncretism also opens a place for certain local forms of interreligious tolerance and prepares for what is known in Indonesia as pancasila. Many modern versions of secularism while porporting to be accomodating to religion have become hostile to religious belief. But Indonesian forms of secularism and pancasila emerge from these deeper religious roots, which are often overlooked. Nowadays, with greater global influence, this syncretism and religious tolerance is under threat. This paper will suggest that an appreciation of the Sufi and syncretic origins of Indonesian thought can serve to strengthen modern understandings of pancasila and secularism. This can work to mitigate hostility and sectarianism. By maintaining itself as an approach which harmonizes with Western concepts of secularism, yet with a deeper religious framework, Indonesia can maintain a tradition of toleration, which respects multiculturalism and religious pluralism in resistance to more intolerant relgious movements | |
dc.format.extent | 13 pages | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.identifier.citation | Prajna Vihara: The Journal of Philosophy and Religion 22, 2 (July-December 2021), 55-67 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.au.edu/handle/6623004553/25108 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Bangkok : Assumption University Press | |
dc.rights | This work is protected by copyright. Reproduction or distribution of the work in any format is prohibited without written permission of the copyright owner. | |
dc.rights.holder | Assumption University | |
dc.subject | Islam | |
dc.subject | Java | |
dc.subject | Sufism | |
dc.subject | Pancasila | |
dc.subject | Syncretism | |
dc.subject | Secularism | |
dc.subject.other | Prajna Vihara: -- Journal of Philosophy and Religion | |
dc.subject.other | Prajna Vihara: -- Journal of Philosophy and Religion -- 2021 | |
dc.title | Sufi Islam and syncretism in Java: and its implications for local secularism | |
dc.type | Text | |
mods.genre | Journal Article |
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