From the history of Islamic spread in Java, it was noted that there was a contradiction between tasawuf Sunni brought by Walisongo and the Javanese Syncretism brought by Syeh Siti Jenar. From the study of Pustaka Sasangkajati, it is found that basically the Islamic teaching and the Javanese Syncreatism teaching are different but not contradictive each other. The book admits the five pillars of …
Beragamnya bentuk ritual masyarakat Jawa dalam mengartikulasikan praktik keagamaan telah menarik perhatian para penelitu Barat semisal Clifford Geertz, Max Woodward, Robert W. Hefner dan yang terakhir Andree Mouller.Masing-masing peneliti memberikan analisisnya dengan temuan yang berbeda-beda.
Javanese people, usually called kejawen people, believe that all religions teach good values and spiritual purity to reach perfection in life.They train their spiritual life and inner sense to achieve the highest.