This article aims to describe political movement of tauke and kijaji in Madura showing a significant role with their economic capital and religious capital that have become basic of political movement to influence of society. The tauke and kijaji try to install their power by participating in a certain political party for occupying strategic positions either in village or regional level. An eff…
In Indonesia religion plays an important role in electoral proceses both at the national and local levels. Focusing on the case of gubernatorial election in the province of North Sumatera, Indonesia, held in April 2008, this article examines the use of religious issues by gubernatorial candidates during their electoral campaigns. The author classifies types of the use of religious issues into f…
The article observes the features of Medieval Muslims' contributions on study of religions [religionswissenchaft]. A number of Muslim scholars penned more than a few works relating to religious and inter-cultural studies. Yet, the majority of modern western scholars had a similiar focus in religious studies by scientific studies, while others went further with a deep elaboration about their rel…
Religion is considered as the essential value that controls behavior of each individual of society. Functionalism says that superstructure of ideology is the main standard which affects the framework in social structure and infra-structure. To understand religiosity of a certain society depens on how we deeply know the life style of them. Later, it also depens on their social structure. In this…
In the Moslem Era people lost their basic of epistemology. Their thought has inflexibly normative and dogmatized. It is just like to understand their doctrine on the real texts. Memorizing and practicing their religious rituals has become only for doing the formality. They, then, depending on the new science, excavating of the research, and understanding of the Qur'an and Sunnah contextually is…
The necessity of efforts to buildharmony among religious believers in Indonesia recently increased significantly. This can be seen the proliferation activities of interreligious dialogue in the regions. Strategic step for the future is to build mutual understanding, coopration, and appreciates other religion. To build a harmonious religious tolerance was necessary active role of all elements of…
Recently, Most the college of Islamic religion conducted the program of Islamic economic. But, they before appears readiness in aspects of curriculum, facilities neither human resources, as the support factors. Beside that, the vision of the curriculum development to the program of study unreadiness too. Seen, they as follower to the institution has conducted of the program. If so that, the con…