Abstract
Interfaith dialog is commonly carried out to harmonize the relationship and minimize conflicts between religious believers. This study examines how the functional structure of an interfaith community and beliefs can create harmonious interfaith relationship through an interfaith dialog held in Kudus, Central Java. This study is designed with qualitative research model by applying the phenomenological approach. The data were technically collected through interviews, observation, document studies and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Theoretically, this study used Talcott Parsons’ structural functional theory. The results showed that the Interfaith and Interbelief Communities of Pantura (TALI AKRAP) is a system in society where the religious adherents and the flow of beliefs are the integrated elements, each of which should function one another in creating a balance in society. As a system, TALI AKRAP holds four imperative functions which are simultaneously integrated in action systems, namely adaptation, goal attention, integration and learn pattern maintenance or commonly abbreviated AGIL. The existence of adaptation between religious adherents in the community aims to understand, recognize and accept one another as an effort to realize the harmony among religious believers. The goal to be achieved is a community with concern, tolerance, lives side by side and accepts differences as a gift from the God Almighty, all of which are integrated in social dialog activities between religious believers which exist for a long time and are carried out continuously.
Highlights
A dialog or communication in society is functionally intended to harmonize different thoughts
TALI AKRAP constitutes of members from various different religious backgrounds, namely Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Catholicism, Kong Hu Cu, other streams of belief such as Sedulur Sikep or often called as Samin, in addition to a religion which might not be as popular to the public, the Baha’i religion whose existence has been recognized by the government in 2014 with the Number SJ/B.VII/1/HM.00/675/2014
The dialog activities of the Interfaith and Interbelief Community of Pantura (TALI AKRAP) are carried out by involving people from various religious and stream-of-belief backgrounds by selecting themes or discussions about things that often cause problems in the society to rise and giving education or insight on the teachings of each religion to minimize the imprecise stigma that develops in society
Summary
A dialog or communication in society is functionally intended to harmonize different thoughts. A conflict that occurs between religious believers, especially in Indonesia, remains problematic This is because there is a gap in religion-based society who identifies themselves being recognized, legitimated and guaranteed by state law as an official religion and there are streams of belief whose existence has not yet been recognized by the surrounding community. The different characteristics of society and the diversity of religions and the streams of belief may lead to gaps, conflicts in addition to the lack of tolerance between religious believers due to the high level of extreme interpretation of each religion, the unwillingness of religious people to live a harmonious social life with other religious communities, and even to the conflict of interests each individually. In addition to having different religious background, the TALI AKRAP members have different educational and professional backgrounds, which have led them to have different ways of thinking and responding to the interfaith dialog and religious tolerance.basically, religious leaders and members of TALI AKRAP share a similar aim which is to create tolerance among religious believers in addition to place a harmonious climate, all of which is done, one of them, with interfaith dialog activities
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