Abstract

An interreligious harmony is particularly desired nowadays concerning recent ‘Post Truth’ era where a ‘truth' is challenged to ‘coexist’ altogether as an essential element of mankind. In Indonesia, there are beautiful neighborhoods displaying interreligious peace as a fact should be reflected further to display tolerance embedded within its society. One of these instances is Hamlet of Tegalrejo. This communitry is located in Village of Babadan, Sub-District of Ngancar, Kediri Regency. In this region, both Muslim and Christian communities live in harmony without any notable historical conflict. This research intended to conceal factors of interreligious harmony behind Tegalrejo society in a form of ‘Field Research’ through data analysis of interviews, observation, and documentations. This paper, furthermore, will be ended with an addition of reflection regarding the concept of al-‘Ta’āyush as basis of interreligious harmony in Worldview of Islam. The result of this study is that there are both external and internal factors accomplishing interreligious harmony in Tegalrejo. External factors consist community and family environment altogether with an interrelationship between its occupants. Internal factors, in the other hand, encompass mutual respect and understanding between Tegalrejo community.

Highlights

  • Tolerance, in the context of interreligious relationships, is an act of “living with, abiding -or in the medieval usage, suffering the presence of that which we find objectionable.”(Seligman et al, 2016: 39)

  • This paper will analyze an understanding and factors of interreligious harmony of the community of Tegalrejo Hamlet, Village of Babadan, Sub-District of Ngancar, Kediri Regency and aim to confront misguided information regarding disharmony relationships between religions in Indonesia as it is commonly exhibited in the Post-Truth Era

  • External factors include the environment of family and society with an interrelationship between the people of Tegalrejo

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Introduction

In the context of interreligious relationships, is an act of “living with, abiding -or in the medieval usage, suffering the presence of that which we find objectionable.”(Seligman et al, 2016: 39). Interreligious harmony will not be achieved only without a proper understanding of religious teachings Such an understanding seems to be applied well in the Village of Babadan, Sub-District of Ngancar, Kediri Regency, Province of East Java, Indonesia. As already indicated, this hamlet is occupied by interreligious communities consists of Muslims and Christian and the community is able to live in harmony for years. This paper will analyze an understanding and factors of interreligious harmony of the community of Tegalrejo Hamlet, Village of Babadan, Sub-District of Ngancar, Kediri Regency and aim to confront misguided information regarding disharmony relationships between religions in Indonesia as it is commonly exhibited in the Post-Truth Era

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