scholarly journals SANTRI AND ABANGAN AFTER A HALF CENTURY OF CLIFFORD GEERTZ

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Amanah Nurish
Keyword(s):  
Communist Party ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Half Century ◽  
Rural Villages ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Clifford Geertz ◽  
Anthropological Approach

This research paper analyzes the religious phenomenon of culture in Modjokuto or Pare, where Geertz carried out his thesis on the "Religion of Java." Although there are many pesantrens in Modjokuto, there is still a religious tradition associated with Kejawen as a local belief, particularly among rural Muslim farmers. Javanese mysticism, however, plays an important part in muslim abangan. Some rural villages in Modjokuto, both NU and Muhammadiyah, are not very distinct in religious tradition. They have performed slametan, tahlilan, and ziarah as religious rituals. Kejawen's teachings are more observed by traditionalist Moslems in Modjokuto, who commonly refer to abangan as the categorization of Islam in Java. Some claim that abangan refers to the proletarian class and former followers or founders of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). Some also said that Islam abangan means adherents of the teachings of Sunan Kalijaga, Syech Siti Jenar, and all the descendants of Sufi masters. In addition, we cannot argue that since the reformation of Indonesia, Islam in Java has changed and has gone forward in a number of ways. As a result, this research paper is trying to explore Islam abangan and its resurgence in detail. I recognize that the resurgence of Islam abangan in Java is somehow intended to address the increasing radicalism and Islamic sectarian. Using an anthropological approach, this research paper attempts to explore what Geertz examined in the "Religion of Java" after a half-century, which needs to be re-examined in the context of contemporary Indonesia.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. xviii-25
Author(s):  
Bruce Gordon ◽  
Carl R. Trueman
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
The Reformation

A handbook to Calvin and Calvinism must address the complexities of assessing the influence of one sixteenth-century figure on a religious tradition still very much alive from Brazil to China. Calvinism is a slippery term that suggests that an extremely diverse and often contradictory tradition can be traced to one man. In many respects this is unsustainable, yet patterns emerge. Arguably, the term ‘Reformed’ is more appropriate to reflect the protean character of a branch of Christianity that emerged out of Switzerland during the Reformation to become a global faith. The contributions to this volume bring fresh perspectives to Calvin’s thought and influence and explore the broad spectrum in which they have been manifested over four hundred years in doctrine, institutions, literature, art, politics, and popular culture. Just like its eponymous founder, Calvinism has continually reinvented itself, acquiring new forms and adapting to changing circumstances and cultures.

scholarly journals The Role of the Media in Shaping and Propagating May Day Rituals

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 377-423
Author(s):  
Slađana Josipović Batorek ◽  
Valentina Kezić
Keyword(s):  
Communist Party ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Political Messages ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cult Of Personality ◽  
May Day ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Political Rituals

The Communist Party of Yugoslavia’s (CPY) rise to power in 1945 was followed by a period of fundamental socio-political changes that encompassed all aspects of life. In order to establish a complete political and ideological authority, the government attempted to suppress all elements which, in their view, were not aligned with the doctrine of the Communist Party. As a result, everything that was perceived as remnants of the old socio-political order was marginalised, such as religion, tradition and customs. Moreover, reinterpretation of the past also took place, as well as creation of new rituals and Tito’s cult of personality. Accordingly, a completely new calendar of official, state holidays was established, deprived of any national or religious tradition. One of those holidays was May Day, which was celebrated for two days and whose purpose, like most other holidays of that period, was to create uniqueness of feelings and actions in society, focusing on the working class, socialism, CPY, Yugoslavia and Josip Broz Tito. Besides, celebrations of major anniversaries and holidays, including May Day, presented an opportunity for transmission of ideological and political messages, most often articulated through numerous slogans which clearly defined the direction in which the society should move. The media played a key role in this process. Therefore, the central part of the paper consists of the analysis of newspaper articles from Glas Slavonije in order to understand its role in the implementation of those new political rituals and social values.

scholarly journals Art and History, 1969–2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-586
Author(s):  
Peter Burke
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Art History ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Art Market ◽  
Half Century ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Art Historians ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S

The 1960s and 1970s marked a turning point in the encounters between generalist historians and art historians regarding the study of art. Before that moment, art history, from its very inception as an independent department in universities, had been entirely distinct from the discipline of generalist history. However, three case studies—art and the Reformation, the rise of the art market, and the proliferation of political monuments—reveal the convergence between the two disciplines that has unfolded during the last half-century, culminating in recent discussions of agency and attempts to answer the question, What is Art?

scholarly journals A Path of the Reformation of China’s Stock Issuance Registration System

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Hui Liu
Keyword(s):  
Communist Party ◽  
Central Committee ◽  
Securities Market ◽  
Basic System ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Audit System ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Stock Issuance

Securities issuance audit system is the most basic system of a country's securities market, other systems play the role of ensuring its operation smoothly. The Third Plenary Session of the Eighteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has established the registration system of stock issuance as the reform target. The registration system, that most mature markets used, can make up for the shortage of approval system of China's stock issuance audit system at present. However, the registration system also has a higher realization of the foundation. This paper analyzes the shortcomings of the stock issuance under the approval system, discusses the basis of the implementation of the registration system, and puts forward some suggestions for reference from the functions of the CSRC, the qualities of investors and the supporting system of stock issuance.

scholarly journals Totemic Systems is the Precursor of Religion

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-53
Author(s):  
B Sankareswari ◽  
S Kalaiselvam
Keyword(s):  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Ancient People ◽  
History Of

Any society with a long history of tradition and Culture has its origin and roots in religion. From this religious  tradition only next the stages of development of tradition and culture developed. It started from the ancient people to the present days casteist society. The religion developed and evolved by stages into the present day religion proper. This research paper states that the totemic system created the tendency for the later on religion. In a society, religion creates the barrier between what is sacred and what is unsacred. Totems are the basic, primitive tendencies for the later on religion. An anthropologist who studied about totems supports this argument. Totemic system is the precursor to religion and it anticipates religion later on, then comes the next stages of worship of forefathers worship of the relics, and the faith in rituals are effects of religion.

scholarly journals RELASI MITOS, DAN AGAMA SEBAGAI MEDIA PENINGKATAN EKONOMI PRODUKTIF DALAM TRADISI “TEBOKAN” DI DESA KALIPUTU KOTA KUDUS

INFERENSI ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
Saifuddin Saifuddin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Local Society ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Religious Behaviors ◽  
Clifford Geertz ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

“Tebokan” was the history of jenang production processes that was visualizedon cultural carnival. It was one of the place where the relationship of religious traditions and the myth of local society became a new spirit to increase the economy of the community. This research was based on interpretative perspective to religious behaviors such as done by Clifford Geertz. Therefore this research used qualitative method. This study found the cultural illustrations where the relationship of myth, religious tradition, and the social structure was able to activate spirit of productivity in the Kaliputu Society as a central of jenang Production in Kudus. Both of these systems of meaning were able to present three important spirits, those areinnovative, identity affirmation, and work ethic. 

scholarly journals A Reconstructed Indigenous Religious Tradition in Latvia

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Anita Stasulane
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Ethnic Composition ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
Indigenous Identity ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
The Status ◽  
The One ◽  
Folk Tradition

In the early 20th century, Dievturība, a reconstructed form of paganism, laid claim to the status of an indigenous religious tradition in Latvia. Having experienced various changes over the course of the century, Dievturība has not disappeared from the Latvian cultural space and gained new manifestations with an increase in attempts to strengthen indigenous identity as a result of the pressures of globalization. This article provides a historical analytical overview about the conditions that have determined the reconstruction of the indigenous Latvian religious tradition in the early 20th century, how its form changed in the late 20th century and the types of new features it has acquired nowadays. The beginnings of the Dievturi movement show how dynamic the relationship has been between indigeneity and nationalism: indigenous, cultural and ethnic roots were put forward as the criteria of authenticity for reconstructed paganism, and they fitted in perfectly with nativist discourse, which is based on the conviction that a nation’s ethnic composition must correspond with the state’s titular nation. With the weakening of the Soviet regime, attempts emerged amongst folklore groups to revive ancient Latvian traditions, including religious rituals as well. Distancing itself from the folk tradition preservation movement, Dievturība nowadays nonetheless strives to identify itself as a Latvian lifestyle movement and emphasizes that it represents an ethnic religion which is the people’s spiritual foundation and a part of intangible cultural heritage. In the 21st century, Dievturība is characterized by conflicting aspects: on the one hand, a desire is expressed to contrast itself and its ethnic views from globalization tendencies in its activities, but on the other hand New Age concepts and a self-reflexive character has entered its discourse.

Marriage Diplomacy, Print, and the Reformation

After Lavinia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Hundred Years War ◽  
Half Century ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Heads Of State

This chapter discusses the earliest stages of the decline of marriage diplomacy by focusing on the most important marriage treaty during the Reformation: the 1559 Peace of Cateau–Cambrésis, which ended more than a half century of war between France and Spain. That war and its eventual resolution looked like a replay of the later phases of the Hundred Years War of 1337–1453. Proponents of the treaty used the new medium of print to interpret Philip II's marriage to Elizabeth de Valois according to the centuries-old discourse of Virgilian peacemaking. The chapter also examines changes in religion and the dissemination of diplomatic literacy to an expanding political nation whose interests diverged from those of ruling dynasts. It concludes by showing how diplomats and heads of state availed themselves of several marriage treaties in their efforts to end the Hundred Years War.

The Ninth Central Committee

1971 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 37-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald W. Klein ◽  
Lois B. Hager
Keyword(s):  
Communist Party ◽  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Chinese Communist Party ◽  
Central Committee ◽  
Half Century ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Chinese Communist Party ◽  
China Mainland ◽  
The Cultural Revolution

In the half-century history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), only nine congresses have been held. Since six of these were convened during the first seven years, only three congresses have been held since the Sixth Congress in 1928. If the Seventh Congress in 1945 can be characterized as the consolidation of Mao's rule over the CCP, and the Eighth Congress in 1956 as the consolidation of the CCP's mastery over the China mainland, then the Ninth Congress, held in 1969, is the story of the victors and victims of the Cultural Revolution.

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