Proceedings of the 9th Asbam International Conference (Archeology, History, & Culture In The Nature of Malay) (ASBAM 2021)

Transformation of Religious Extension during the Covid-19 Pandemic Campaigning for Religious Moderation in Society

Authors
Reslawati Reslawati1, *, M. Taufik Hidayatulloh2, Dwi Purwoko3, Ahsanul Khalikin4, Warnis Warnis5
1,4,5Researcher, Puslitbang Bimas Agama and Religious Services, Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta 10230
2Extension of Islam, Office of the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Bogor Regency, Cibinong 16911
3Indonesian Institute of Sciences
*Corresponding author. Email: mutiara2810cinta@gmail.com
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Reslawati Reslawati
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DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220408.093How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Transformation of Religious Extension; Religious Moderation; Covid-19 Pandemic
Abstract

The purpose of this research is: (1) Describing the transformation of religious extension before and after social distancing due to the enactment of the new normal; (2) Explaining what religious extension campaigns for to the community during the Covid 19 pandemic; (3) Knowing the forms of methods and media that are widely carried out by Religious Extensionists in campaigning for religious moderation in the community; and (4) Explain the supporting factors and inhibitory factors encountered by Religious Extensionists in campaigning for religious moderation in the community. This research is descriptive-analytical. This study involved 34 sources from the Extension Office at the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the District / City, Pokjaluh. (Extension Working Group), and Islamic Extension in Bandung city and Bogor regency. Research locus is in Bandung city and Bogor regency in 2021. The data obtained is then analyzed using techniques put forward by Miles and Huberman, namely data reduction (sorting, attention-grabbing), presentation (display) of data, and withdrawal of conclusions. The study concluded that: (1) Religious Extension is a role transformation and a transformation of performance from offline to online. In addition, there is also a transformation of material needs and media use; (2) Religious Extension conveys the material to the public during the pandemic, namely about daily life, democracy, and moderation; (3) In the period before the pandemic extension, workers delivered material face-to-face while after the pandemic extension conveyed material through social media; and (4) Supporting and inhibiting factors include four things, namely; factors of religious attachment (number and quality of personal and digital competence), community factors of service users (concern for health protocols, readiness to follow spiritual counselling through social media, supporting characteristics), environmental carrying capacity factors (pandemic conditions, built area, geographical and budgetary conditions) and technological factors (effectiveness of social media, availability of devices and their supporters).

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 9th Asbam International Conference (Archeology, History, & Culture In The Nature of Malay) (ASBAM 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
27 April 2022
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978-94-6239-571-8
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220408.093How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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