INFERENSI: Jurnal Penelitian Sosial Keagamaan

The Role of the Catholic Church in Overcoming Community Poverty Around the Area of St. Bonifasius Chapel Landungsari Malang

Setyawan Triaditama — 2024-12-03

The Catholic Church is actively involved in efforts to overcome the problems that exist in the world manifested by Catholics in the involvement of the weak, poor, and suffering. This study aims to analyze the role of the Catholic Church in overcoming poverty in the community around the area of St. Bonifasius Chapel Landungsari Malang. This study uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive type and case study design. The location of the research was carried out around St. Bonifasius Chapel Landungsari Malang. The data collection technique in this study uses observation and interviews. The data analysis technique used is Miles and Huberman's data analysis technique which consists of four stages, namely data collection, data reduction, data presentation and conclusion or verification. The results of the study show that the majority of people around St. Bonifasius Chapel Landungsari Malang are daily workers whose income is unstable. Some also become city transportation drivers, but do not own their own cars so they have to pay rent. This poverty is caused by low income and lack of education. The Catholic Church plays a role in overcoming poverty with love, the tri-duty of the church, and practicing the Church's Social Teachings. One example of the role of the Catholic Church is to provide jobs, educational assistance, and basic necessities to the surrounding community. The Church also conducts free health checkups.

The Ethnography of Dakwah in Bontang City

Syamsuri Syamsuri — 2024-12-03

The ethnic diversity of the archipelago has succeeded in confirming and transforming dakwah in Bontang City. Professional struggles in the industrial world brought about the ethnological civilization of dakwah, which provided a spirit of independence in the ijtihad of the ustaz and ulama to establish Bontang as the City of Tahfiz. The struggle to make the Al-Quran the main guideline for technological and industrial guidance gave birth to creativity in preaching to do good and prevent evil. The ethnographic research method, using a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach, succeeded in explaining dakwah activities in Bontang City by displaying ethnic diversity but within the framework of the Bhinneka Tunggal Ika ideology. Community figures were encouraged to bring ustaz and ulama from the islands of Sulawesi and Java to come to preach in Bontang City, so that there was a diversity of preaching institutions with their respective ethnic variations and slogans.

Exploration of the Roah Umrah Tradition as a Cultural Identity of Lombok, Indonesia: Perspectives from Islamic Law and Social Context

Rihal Jayadi Rihal — 2024-12-03

This study examines the Roah Umrah tradition as part of the cultural identity of the Sasak people in Lombok, particularly in the village of Terong Tawah, from the perspectives of social and Islamic law. Roah Umrah is a thanksgiving ritual performed by the families of prospective Umrah pilgrims as an expression of prayer and hope for safety. Employing a qualitative approach with descriptive analysis, this research involves key informants, including community leaders, village officials, and religious figures. The tradition encompasses several stages, including Selakaran(recitation of Al-Barzanji and blessings), family deliberation, belangar (offering rice donations), mesilak (inviting the community), and begawe (thanksgiving feast), culminating in the main procession of collective prayers for the pilgrims. Each stage reflects the collective engagement of the community and highlights values of solidarity, cooperation, and maintaining social ties, as advocated in Islamic teachings. Additionally, the implementation of this tradition reinforces the Sasak community's adherence to Islamic law, with rituals aligned to Sharia principles. The Roah Umrah tradition not only holds deep spiritual significance but also serves as a social bonding mechanism within the community. Thus, it exemplifies the harmonious integration of customary practices and religious observance, while strengthening the cultural identity of the Sasak people.

Implementation of Religious Moderation Value Predicted by Prosocial Attitude and Nationalism Spirit in Gen Z

fina hidayati — 2024-12-03

Gen Z is a tech-savvy generation with characteristics that have a high attachment to the social environment, especially their peers. Environmental influences, such as social media that can no longer be dammed, make Gen Z easily swayed by all the information obtained. Emotions that are still unstable, also make Gen Z unable to think logically and their behaviour is easily shaped by their social groups. An important foundation for Gen Z, especially for social skills, is the attitude of religious moderation. The religious moderation approach that Gen Z has, is able to act in the middle, respect others, and create harmony between groups and communities. The purpose of this study is to prove the implementation of the value of religious moderation through prosocial attitudes and the spirit of nationalism. This research is a quantitative approach, with a convenience sampling technique. Respondents in this study were 413 people, consisting of 55.9% men and 44.1% women. The instruments used were religious moderation scale for adolescents, Prosocial Tendencies Measure (PTM), and nationalism spirit scale. The analysis used was multiple regression test using t-test. The results showed that prosocial attitudes were able to predict β = 21.5%, and the spirit of nationalism β = 34.2% of Gen Z's religious moderation attitude. These results indicate that the behaviour of helping others, having empathy, respecting others, accepting cultural diversity in Indonesia and realising group and community harmony is an implementation of religious moderation attitudes in Gen Z. The approach of prosocial attitudes and the spirit of nationalism can be introduced and started early, so that the attitude of religious moderation can be the main foundation when children enter adulthood.

Community Empowerment through Strengthening Islamic Educational Institutions: A Study on the Slopes of Mount Telomoyo

Muh Saerozi — 2024-12-03

The community on the slopes of Mount Telomoyo, which is far from the city, has its own uniqueness. Mutual cooperation among the community is always carried out to solve community problems. The community has established a complete basic education, both formal and non-formal. However, education that has a strategic role in regional development still has a gap between community expectations and reality. The gaps include the unequal participation of the community and the lack of cooperation between educational institutions. This study aims to provide strengthening of Islamic education in order to empower the community on the slopes of Mount Telomoyo. This study uses a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach by involving the community to solve educational problems on the slopes of Mount Telomoyo. The results of the study show that the community agree on the need for integration of Islamic educational institutions as a short-term strengthening plan. The integration of KB/TK-MI-Madin steps include the alignment of the Islamic Religious Education curriculum, flipped cooperation of learning and evaluation, shared use of teacher books and student books, issuance of learning achievement certificates, issuance of decrees (SK) and implementation. This study provides implications for stakeholders on the slopes of Mount Telomoyo to provide policy and facilities support. Furthermore, community empowerment through strengthening Islamic educational institutions is discussed in this article.