Methods of Religious Leaders in Enhancing Interfaith Harmony

Cases of Muslims, Buddhis, and Confucians in Malang

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10.2991/assehr.k.220206.035How to use a DOI?

Keywords

interfaith harmony; exclusive; inclusive; live-in; interpretation model

Abstract

Social and political considerations alone are not sufficient to be the basis for an inclusive attitude to build religious harmony because conflicts still occur. Activities to promote religious harmony require stronger foundations that are social and political. This study aims to explore the methods of religious leaders in Malang to increase religious harmony. The primary data is based on interviews, documents, and active participation. Six religious leaders were interviewed, representing three religions in Malang, namely Islam, Buddhism and Confucianism. The results showed that religious leaders used at least four methods: providing a theological basis based on inclusive verses, reinterpreting exclusive verses, reinterpreting da’wah’s mining, and conducting live-in activities. This study also shows three methods for interpreting exclusive verses: privatization, hermeneutic, and proportional. Based on this, this study recommends that it is very important to provide a theological basis for religious harmony and live-in activities. In addition, the findings of the three methods of interpretation of exclusive verses can be considered as models of interpretation of the scriptures.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Achmad Khudori Soleh
AU  - Erik Sabti Rahmawati
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/17
TI  - Methods of Religious Leaders in Enhancing Interfaith Harmony
BT  - Proceedings of the International Symposium on Religious Literature and Heritage (ISLAGE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 274
EP  - 281
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220206.035
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220206.035
ID  - Soleh2022
ER  -