Al-Uluhiyatu ‘inda Mu’taqady Sapta Darmu wa Sumarah

Abstract

As one of the Almighty creatures, humans will certainly never be separated from thoughts about their God. Divinity is one of the sacred things which mediates how humans appreciate worship to their Creator. Even though it is well known that God is One with such worship, it turns out that there are several ethnic groups and cultures which collaborate this divine concept with their culture or what is called the Javanese tradition. Of the many Javanese traditions in Indonesia, the Sapta Darma and Sumarah traditions are examples of how a Javanese culture has its own divine concept. Which is still an interesting topic and object to study. There are several similarities between the Sapta Darma an Sumarah traditions. As for what is the similarity between these two schools is regarding the concept of prostration which becomes the intermediary between the adherents and his creator. Not only in terms of the similarities found, the author also found differences between these two schools, including regarding how these two schools interpret divinity between perspectives, with the existence of the Pancasila of God for example, or with other things. Not only that, regarding the nature of God and God’s relationship with humans, in fact, these two schools have unique definitions. Therefore, this paper aims to expand on this material in detail. Specifically, this paper aims to explore a little how the meaning of divinity according to the Javanese tradition in Indonesia. This study employed comparative analysis to compare the divine concept according to the Sapta Darma and Sumarah schools. And supported by a theological approach that is really focused on the concept of divinity