EKSISTENSI KIAI DALAM PENGEMBANGAN TRADISI ISLAM INDONESIA
Abstract
Locality is the closest entity toward the society. Moreover in Indonesia, this problem should be located as the stepping stone to view how the people live, their need, and the reason why do they live in such way. This existence relates each other forming a civil society. This article discusses the relationship between religion and society as an important factor which influences much on the Islamic scholars’ position and all their activities in the society. In traditional Javanese society, the Islamic scholars are more positioned as having a strategic social function in a society.
Moraref