• Authors: Sadari Ahmad
  
• From: INISA Shalahuddin Al-Ayyubi Tambun

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Issues sara (ethnicity, religion, race and inter-group) through several media have become the channels of interests of future leaders in Indonesia, thereby this leads to conflict. The question is to which direction (quo vadis) will the leadership in Indonesia be directed? Especially in today’s conditions, religion becomes an elan vital in this multi-ethnic and multi-religion country. Religious interpretations always identify sara, which is the embryo of the disintegration of the nation. There are three factors of failure of the communicated religious interpretation: firstly, the emphasis is only on the transfer of religious knowledges without transformation of religious values and morals to the community; secondly, the lack of emphasis on the cultivation of moral values that support interfaith harmony; and thirdly, the lack of guidelines or content to get to know and learn religious or other beliefs that live in the midst of community life. Therefore universities, government and the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), which have the authority must immediately instill multireligion and multicultural values to the community as early as possible. Therefore, it is necessary to immediately formulate a theory and guide to nationality praxis to serve as a reference in determining future leaders in Indonesia. This article offers five scientific principles as the cycle for future leaders, namely putting forward the five principles: monotheism, love, justice, levels, mortal. read more

• Authors: Rachmad K Dwi Susilo
  
• From: Faculty of Social and Political Science University of Muhammadiyah Malang

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Democracy is explained as the ideal political system in which all citizens could fulfill their individual needs. Besides, the State is obligated to ensure citizens? economic, social, politic, and environmental rights. Related to the previous statement, the movement of salvaging the water source in Batu Town, East Java, is interesting to analyze. Joining NGOs, three villages that are the users of the water source organize an environmental movement for halting the construction of the hotel close to the water source. The main figures of the movement are anxious about the potential risks of the construction. Here, the issue about the fulfillment of environmental and social rights and the practice of local democracy develop. Some research findings can be summarized as the followings. There are the blessings of democracy, namely: no violent actions and the utilization of constitutional channels. Unfortunately, the democracy also still leaves some shortcomings, namely: 1). the closeness of dialogue among the conflicting parties, 2). the prosecution of hotel investor, 3). the deadlock of the solution outside the court. Then, the factors that cause the shortcomings are: 1). the conflict of actors? rationality, 2). the conflict of authorities, and 3). the clash of game rules. read more

• Authors: Bambang Kuncoro
  
• From: Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
  

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This research was intended to formulate a model of villagers food security based on local wisdom. It took place in the village of Serang, Karangreja District, Purbalingga Regency which in 2014 became the winner of the best yard usage at the national level. The method used was PLA (Participatory Learning and Action). Data were collected through questionnaire, observation, interviews, and discussions with community workers and analyzed using an interactive model. The findings of the study were (1) Villagers of Serang have a hereditary tradition as horticulture farmers who not only make use of field but also yard as their local food security strategy. (2) Villagers of Serang have a very strong local wisdom?unity or cohesiveness– in joint decisionmaking process for planning the planting, and maintenance, up to postharvest stages, namely marketing of the crop. There were no conflict and competition among communities in the entire process (3) Villagers of Serang were able to survive in case of crop failures, because there were still other commodities in their yards sufficient to meet their daily needs. (4) Villagers of Serang require development touch in the form of training, mentoring and partnership program in terms of creating promotion strategy, opening wider read more

• Authors: Sukamto
  
• From: Social Studies Faculty, Universitas Negeri Malang

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This article is presented to communicate the results of the study as well as to get feedback and reassurance. Until now the formulation and actualization of human values , spirituality and the meaning of life has not explicitly initiated and written into the curriculum of social studies lesson. While the existing and the one that has ever exist has the precisely opposite meaning, which humans are required to be submissive to the values desired by the nation and the State so that the final destination is none other than the creation of a citizen and the good citizens of the nation (submissive and obedient with government regulations ). In a study that has being carried out aimed to, first mapping the contents of a curriculum and a second to evaluate how far the problems of humanity, spirituality and the meaning of life was conceived and formulated, in order to be able to be actualized in everyday life. In addition, this study also aims to identify the human values, spirituality and the meaning of life. Values that have been identified will be formulated back into the indicators of human values (humanity), spirituality and the meaning of life to be poured back into the grains curriculum of social studies. Last phenomena precisely illustrated that the problems of humanity, spirituality and the meaning of life is defeated by a wide range of ego, that human self-ego, ethnicity ego, race, religion until the inter-group issues. The growing and existing of a community is like “fire in the husk” , mutually suspicious, hostile to each other when an idea, behavior and religious concept and belief are not in accordance with them. This makes the formula of social studies curriculum which is loaded with humanitarian values, religiosity and the meaning of life has becomes a necessity. We certainly realized that probe, initiated and formulated characteristic human values, spirituality and the meaning of life requires verification and validation of various parties, especially experts in their field. The contribution of thought and ideas will enrich the world of education in order to create a society that is more humane, spiritual and able to interpret life in everyday life applications. read more

• Authors: Anna Halafoff
  
• From: Deakin University
  

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While scholars largely ignored the role of religion in contributing to and ameliorating social problems in the 20th Century, religion came to occupy a prominent place in the public sphere at the turn of the 21st Century largely due to its association with violence. Although religion continues to play a role in perpetuating cultures of violence, both direct and structural, the peacebuilding capacity of religion is often overlooked within academic discourses. This paper examines the multifaith movements? commitment to peacebuilding activities, particularly countering violent extremism, advancing gender equity and climate change, in order to illustrate that religions have long played, and continue to play, a role in addressing injustices and conflict transformation. A significant body of literature on religion and peacebuilding emerged in the 1990s, in response to crisis events, which remains highly relevant today. This paper will revisit this literature and apply insights derived from it to contemporary issues. It will also draw from work undertaken as part of the more recent Netpeace study, which examined the multifaith movement?s response to global risks. A total of 54 semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with leading multfaith practitioners in Australia, the UK and the USA. The findings of this study demonstrate that multifaith and multi-actor peacebuilding networks, including religious and non-religious actors, have transformed crises into peacebuilding opportunities. Finally the paper examines the critical role that education about diverse religions and worldviews can play in schools to advance peacebuilding principles and how insights from the multifaith youth movement can inform peacebuilding pedagogy and practice. read more

• Authors: Reimundus Raymond Fatubun
  
• From: Department of Languages and Arts Cenderawasih University
  

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Religion and science have been at odds with one another for centuries. This situation may be seen openly in scholarly discussions either through books, journals, seminars, conferences, etc. or through the mass media, electronic or printed. Persons from the literary world are not exempt from revealing their thoughts and views through their oppositions or support for either side. The Church has been attacked for her views about science, at least, since Galileo Galilei. There have always been secret societies even since the antiquity ? since ancient Egypt or Hebrew believed to have possessed certain secret knowledge in building great structures we still witness today. In our modern world, there is a secret society, in opposition to the Church, called the Illuminati, the enlightened ones, which is actually a united form of all the other known secret societies since the antiquity. The Illuminati, according to The New Grolier Webster International Dictionary (Encyclopedic Edition, 1971, p. 477), there are two definitions: (1) persons possessing, or alleging to posses, superior enlightenment; a name for various sects or societies which claim to possess superior enlightenment. Both definitions apply to my discussion. Dan Brown, the controversial bestselling mystery-thriller American novelist, for one, has brought up this battle between religion and science also as an issue in his thriller Angels and Demons (2000). He is one of the novelists who has taken the (Catholic) Church to be one of his issues in his literary works. But why does he do this? Is there a hidden agenda behind his literary work for some certain purposes? The killings in the novel are carried out mostly by the Assassin. But who is this Assassin? Using New Historicism, this paper is trying to present how this novel is an example of the works of an accomplice of Lucifer, through the Illuminati. read more

• Authors: Thomas R. Seitz, Ph.D.
  
• From: Global And Area Studies Program, University Of Wyoming, USA
  

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How does one ‘teach’ democracy to a society that has long known only authoritarian rule? Too often, analysts of democratizing societies, scholars and practitioners alike, focus on the events and procedures of democracy rather than its underlying processes. Such analyses seem to assume that the democratizing society is like, for lack of a better example, an iPod plugging into a larger computer, that the transitioning society effectively ‘syncs up’ with the global body of democratic theory and practice, embodying the norms, expectations and other elements one associates with a democracy’s political culture. Often, one forgets just how gradually Western democracies democratized. For example, the United States has been expanding the breadth of its electorate over two centuries, most recently from twenty–?one to eighteen year–?olds in the 1971. Members of the U.S. Senate have been directly elected only since 1913, and the United States still does not directly elect its president, relying on the Electoral College. In contrast, Indonesia has democratized broadly and rapidly in less than two decades, developing the procedures and institutions of a functioning democracy with amazing speed. Yet, while analysts generally focus on changes to institutions at the top, far less attention has been devoted to democratization at the grassroots level. How do people develop the ethos, attitudes and expectations required for effective participation? Further, what inputs shape these political development processes? Finally, is the West’s experience with democracy an appropriate and useful framework for analyzing Indonesia’s democratic transition? read more

• Authors: Triana Ahdiati
  
• From: Political Science Department of Jenderal Soedirman University, Purwokerto, Central Java, Indonesia

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This research-based paper examines Segara Anakan lagoon in Central Java, Indonesia as a valuable and full of potential for developing ecotourism. At the same time, this isolated area is also facing challenges of poverty and vulnerable place for various types of disasters. Segara Anakan is a significant environmental zone with many unique ecosystem features in which its location is under the threat of illegal land reclamation and timber theft, which have caused great damage. Various efforts have been done in coping these situations, however, these efforts have been failed to solve the core problem. This study aimed at explaining disaster management through ecotourism development by focusing on sustainability aspect in reducing disaster risk which is carried out effectively. At this point, local community capacity enhancement is the main focus aside from environment that can increase economical resilience and community culture in creating the sustainability. By taking a site in the Segara Anakan Lagoon of Cilacap, the data of the research are collected by doing in-depth interview, observation, documenting study and focus-group discussion. The result shows that the ecotourism potentials in Segara Anakan Lagoon is remarkable but prone to disasters. Unfortunately, there are on-going conflicts between the local people and the local government in developing ecotourism for disaster risk reduction because the development is unorganized and scattered. In short, the creation of community-based ecotourism in a poor area like Kampung Laut Sub- District is an effective way to reduce the disaster risks in the surrounding area of Segara Anakan Lagoon. read more

• Authors: Agustinus Pat Madyana
  
• From: Inter-Religious Studies Graduate School Universitas Gadjah Mada
  

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The community of Indonesia constituted the multi cultural society, in terms of religion, ethnic, and culture. Historically Indonesia society was able to maintain inter-religious harmony. The associative social interaction seemed to be potential to support the harmony in the society. Based on the paradigm of functional-structural, society was assumed as an organic system having inter-relatedness between one organ and another in order to maintain the existence of the society. Social interaction within Indonesia society was developed by the interaction in the circle of family, neighborhood, economical activities, religious leaders, public leaders and the relation within culture and tradition. In spite of this the relation between the elements of society is still cosmopolitan, on which the society members are less active in developing community harmony in the framework of religious freedom. However, the disparity or diverse condition of Indonesian soiciety in terms of religions or faiths tend to manifest into social tension or even conflict among the believers. Horizontal conflict between religious communities will only be completed if each religion did not consider that teaching them that are most true religion. That’s the ultimate goal of interfaith dialog to eliminate the belief in religious truth claims. Associated with pluralism, the various religious views including Islam since its inception have introduced the principles of pluralism, or rather the recognition of the plurality of human life. Religions? recognition of the existence of the plurality can be elaborated into two perspectives; first is theological and second is sociological. This paper is an attempt to figure out the models of interfaith dialog appropriate for peace building and conflict resolution process in Indonesia. read more

• Authors: Agustina Multi Purnomo
  
• From: Sosiologi Pedesaan, IPB
  

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Since 1990, Karimunjawa is growing up as one of the tourist destination in the Jepara District, Central Java. The number of tourists who visited Karimunjawa increased 1,760 percent in 10 years. Tourism service in Karimunjawa currently rely on the availability of coastal resources especially the beauty of the coast, the quality of coral reefs and demersal fish as well as culinary from the base of marine fishes. It means that the sustainability of tourism in Karimunjawa depending on the quality of coastal resources. One of tourism design that has focus to tourism as well as conservation is ecotourism. Based on previous researches, topics about coastal resources conservation issues, the activity of fishermen, and tourism by women and men are majority focused on research in Karimunjawa, whereas, research which focuses on gender ecotourism development opportunities In Karimunjawa Island. The study was conducted using qualitative interviews, observation and focus Group Discussion (FGD) as the primary data collection tool. Research result shows the linkages between tourism activity with the activity of the household income and preservation activities coastal resources of the actors, resources, management objectives and the participation of women and men in these three activities. It shows to achieve the principles of education, empowerment, welfare, and conservation in the development of ecotourism need to involve all stakeholders, including men and women and parties outside Karimunjawa Island. read more