Jurnal Sosiologi Agama

The Dynamics of Religion and Ecology in Indonesia: An Overview of Environmental Social Movements from 1990-2022

Ronald Adam — 2025-08-15

In the longstanding debate over the relationship between religion and ecology, there are two major camps. One side argues that religion contributes to ecological destruction, while the other side argues that religion is a force for saving the environment. Yet both sides tend to view religion as a fixed set of beliefs or practices. This article argues that the relationship between religion and ecology is contested and changing. It provides evidence from an empirical study of how social movements use lived religion, meaning everyday practices instead of doctrines or expert definitions. The study used framework synthesis to select and analyze 244 qualitative studies on Indonesian environmental social movements active between 1990 and 2022, resulting in data about 208 movements spread across 38 provinces. 167 of these movements involved lived religion in some way, leading to four findings about religion and ecology: 1) structural factors influencing social movements to include religion in their ecological responses; 2) dynamic relationship between religion and ecology both within each religious community and throughout history; 3) usefulness of lived religion to show how Indonesian religions and traditions provide resources for environmental movements; and 4) extensive creative responses used by social movements to address environmental crises.

Religious Tolerance and Multicultural Interactions Among Arabic, Chinese, and Malay Ethnicities in Palembang: A Sociological Perspective on Harmony and Social Integration

Choirun Niswah — 2025-08-15

This research focuses on accommodating social interaction between Arab, Chinese (Chinese) and Malay groups as a model of multicultural education. This accommodative social interaction is very important because, without accommodative social interaction, different ethnic groups can't live together. This research answers the question of how accommodating social interaction between ethnic groups in Palembang is a multicultural education. This research method uses a qualitative approach to describe accommodative social interactions. Meanwhile, data collection techniques are carried out through interviews, observation and documentation. The research results show that accommodative social interaction is carried out by understanding religious and cultural values between ethnic groups and implementing deliberative accommodation, positive law enforcement and tolerance.

Cultured People In The Millennial Era From A Christian Perspective And Their Red Threads In The Theological Documents Of The Batak Protestant Christian Church

Pintor Marihot Sitanggang — 2025-08-15

Humans will never be separated from their culture, and that is the basis for labeling cultured humans. Over time, the culture has developed, which has also received influence from the times. It is not surprising that in the current millennial era, many values from culture have faded, or even experienced a transformation of meaning because they have to be adapted to the millennial era. Of course the study of theology, dogmatics, and practical ethics will not ignore the understanding of this reality. This article explains the Christian perspective on cultured humans in the millennial era. Used qualitative (literature) research methods, this article describe the Biblical basis of cultured humans from both the perspective of the Old Testament and the New Testament. This article develops Christian teachings on cultured humans in the context and millennial era through the perspectives of theologians, and then explains how the thread relates to the theological documents of the Huria Kristen Batak Protestant (HKBP) church in particular. Through this article, concrete contextualization from a Christian perspective on cultured humans in the millennial era will be clearly broken down, especially in the pluralistic Indonesian context.

Cross-Religious Collaboration and Leadership in Promoting Social Harmony: Insights from "Kampung Moderasi Beragama” Senduro, Lumajang

Abdus Sair — 2025-08-15

This article aims to examine the practice of religious inclusivity in the Religious Moderation Village (Kampung Moderasi Beragama or KMB) of Senduro Village, Lumajang Regency. Known for its religious and cultural diversity, Senduro has become an important example of implementing principles of religious moderation in Indonesia. Using a qualitative approach, this study collected data through in-depth interviews with religious leaders, community leaders, and village residents, as well as through participatory observation. The study’s findings reveal that KMB Senduro has successfully fostered a harmonious and inclusive environment through interfaith dialogue, joint activities, local wisdom, and supporting factors, which include inclusive and visionary leadership from the village head, religious figures, and community leaders. These findings further underscore the importance of interfaith cooperation and understanding in maintaining peace and social harmony in a multicultural society like Indonesia, especially in Lumajang Regency.

Exploring The Relevance Of Pantheism With The Halaika Beliefs Of The Inner Boti Tribe

Remegises Danial Yohanis Pandie — 2025-08-15

This article is a development of the Simlitabmas research grant from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture that I did in 2022 in Boti Village, Ki'e District, South Central Timor Regency and has been published in book form and as my thesis during college. The research that I raised at that time was the Cultural Feudalism of the Boti Tribe According to the Perspective of Paulo Freire's Theory of Liberating Education and Its Implementation in Christian Religious Education. In developing this article, I focus on the essence of halaika through the sociology of religion in order to find its scientific concept and see its relevance to pantheism. The Qualitative Ethnographic Method was used to see the cultural side and the halaika belief side of the Boti Dalam tribe. Literature study was used to add to the literature review related to pantheism. The results of the study show that both have relevance in terms of the meaning of nature as a source of life for humans. Where, nature is a place for humans to live and maintain their lives. In addition, both also believe that behind the existence of nature and human life there is something that envelops them in the limitations of their understanding regarding things that they cannot do. Nature also provides an understanding that what is visible is God who is in the invisible, so that the existence of nature and God becomes an inseparable unity for both.

The Flourishing of Indonesian Conspicuous Consumption in the Digital World and Its Effects on the Evolution of Hijrah Movements

Melly Masni — 2025-08-15

This study explores the intersection of conspicuous consumption and the Hijrah movement within Indonesia's socio-cultural and economic transformations. The rise of the middle class, coupled with the proliferation of social media, has amplified conspicuous consumption, where symbols of wealth and social status are prominently displayed. In this context, religiosity emerges as a unique form of status signaling, referred to in this study as "conspicuous consumption of piousness." Simultaneously, the contemporary Hijrah movement has gained momentum, marked by its emphasis on personal transformation and lifestyle adjustments rather than political activism. Utilizing qualitative content analysis, this research reveals a reciprocal relationship between conspicuous consumption and the Hijrah movement. It highlights how middle-class anxieties and aspirations provide fertile ground for the Hijrah movement’s growth, while the movement itself fosters a platform for displaying religiosity as a marker of both piety and modernity. These findings contribute to theoretical debates on conspicuous consumption by extending its scope to include immaterial aspects and religious identities in a non-Western context, offering critical insights into the evolving dynamics of consumerism and religiosity.