Scholars have predicted that Sufism and other forms of traditional Islamic practices would disappear as modernity comes into society. Considering this view on religion and the modern, based on the literary study, this paper examines the historical development of Islam, Sufism, and pesantren in Indonesia, or previously known as Nusantara. Sufi preachers, known as walisongo, brought Islam to Indo…
The article is a result of qualitative research that focuses on understanding data by means of classification, categorization, and taxonomy; while the approach in this research is Max Weber’s Social Action Theory to analyze Guru Bakhiet’s Sufism thought with the perspective of Max Weber’s social action theory. By referring to Weber’s theory, Guru Bakhiet occupies the position as ‘the …
Penelitian ini mengkaji fenomena sufisme perennial yang menekankan adanya kesatuan esoterik agama-agama sebagai tren baru pencarian spiritualitas masyarakat perkotaan Indonesia. Tulisan ini menyoroti ajaran sufisme perennial melalui konstruk teori perennialisme yang diusung oleh Frithjof Schuon dan murid spiritualnya yang amat setia dan terkemuka, Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Fokus kajian pada tulisan …
Modernity as a global phenomenon has been the most driving matter, said those scholars of modernity, that potentially threat the existent of tradition and religion. Both would vanish once the project of secularism accomplishes.However, since the global modernity, whether represented by secular state,nation state, and democracy, failed to fulfil its promises, tradition and religions in general h…