Contestation between Puritan Islam and Kejawen in the Urban Yogyakarta of Indonesia

Muhammad Arifin; Irwan Abdullah; Atik Tri Ratnawati

doi:10.24260/alalbab.v8i2.1460

Contestation between Puritan Islam and Kejawen in the Urban Yogyakarta of Indonesia

Muhammad Arifin, Irwan Abdullah, Atik Tri Ratnawati

Abstract

Tensions between Puritan Islam and Kejawen Islam have never been resolved, despite various accommodation efforts. The ongoing contestation of the two traditions in Islam in Yogyakarta is because both always maintain strict cultural boundaries through symbols that represent their respective identities, be it in religious, art, cultural, economic and political practices. This study focuses on three aspects: (1) the form of representation of the contestation between Islam and Tradition (Kejawen) in the city of Yogyakarta; (2) the historical and cultural context which is the basis for the contestation between Islam and tradition; and (3) how the contestation between Islam and the Kejawen tradition is managed by each community in an effort to minimize the occurrence of social conflict between the two. Through these three aspects, this research aims to offer a new perspective in viewing the dialectical relations between Puritan Islam and Javanese (Kejawen) tradition contextually. The contestation between the Islamic tradition and the Kejawen tradition continued because of historical, political and global currents that provided space for both traditions to build their respective cultural identities.

Keywords

Contestation; Puritan Islam; Kejawen; Urban; Yogyakarta

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