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This paper explores the source of inspiration and community practices through the study of theology and tafsir of diversity in pesantren of Nahdhatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah in Yogyakarta. This choice of the two pesantrens is based on the assumption that NU and Muhammadiyah pesantrens are the representation of social, cultural, and religious communities in Yogyakarta. Religious tradition of NU and Muhammadiyah represent the mainstream of Islamic tradition whose strong roots in Yogyakarta. It also aims at identifying opportunities and potential for spiritual and material dimensions owned by the pesantren communities. This paper finds that the formation of religious and multicultural perspective of pesantrens in Yogyakarta has been gradually, systematically and continuously formed through Islamic text and multicultural practices.
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