THE EXERTED AUTHORITY OF KIAI KAMPUNG IN THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF LOCAL ISLAM
Traditional authority is still the main reference as represented by the <em>Kiai Kampung</em>. Intense communication with the community and moral superiority and examples in solving various community problems are parts of how the <em>Kiai Kampung</em>s hold, maintain, and exe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Arabic |
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State Islamic University (UIN) of Sunan Ampel Surabaya
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Indonesian Islam |
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| Online Access: | http://jiis.uinsby.ac.id/index.php/JIIs/article/view/1549 |
| Summary: | Traditional authority is still the main reference as represented by the <em>Kiai Kampung</em>. Intense communication with the community and moral superiority and examples in solving various community problems are parts of how the <em>Kiai Kampung</em>s hold, maintain, and exercise their traditional authority. This article seeks to explain the authority of the <em>Kiai Kampung</em>s in Ngawi East Java and their role in developing and socially constructing local Islam in Java. The method used refers to historical-sociological studies with a phenomenological approach. This study reveales that the <em>Kiai Kampung</em>s have socially constructed local Islam based on the results of their thought and study authoritatively. Local Islam is a manifestation of an Islamic development model that accommodates local wisdom. <em>Kiai Kampung</em>s are referred to as "charismatic leaders" who have remarkable power to socially determine local Islam in the Kiai's perspective. In certain degree of analysis, the role of the <em>Kiai Kampung</em> indirectly has the potential to color the growth and development of global Islam. |
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| ISSN: | 1978-6301 2355-6994 |