The Role of Philosophical Mysticism in Islamic Indigenization in Java

Wiwi Siti Sajaroh, Sarah Hajar Mahmudah

2018

Abstract

This research provides the spread overview of philosophical mysticism teachings in Java, with the pattern of indigenization that is how the teachings of philosophical mysticism accommodated and adapted to the local social and cultural context, without losing their identity. This happens because there are similar elements between the teachings of philosophy mysticism and mysticism which is developed in Java. Therefore, this research is conducted by examining the content of each text either the symbol used or the themes by using the Wilhelm Dilthey hermeneutics approach. This method is expected to reveal the specificities of each text which is predicted that the texts are under the influence of each cultural, political, and social environments. The results of this research can prove that the spreading of philosophy mysticism in Java in the 18th century until the 20th century occurred at all society level, either in the kingdom or government as well as in society generally together with the spread of Islam in Java. This research also can prove that Islamic Sufi has a major role in spreading Islam in Java and in influencing the Islamic pattern in Java. In addition, this study can find the difference and similarity of mysticism in Java.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sajaroh W. and Mahmudah S. (2018). The Role of Philosophical Mysticism in Islamic Indigenization in Java.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 1777-1784. DOI: 10.5220/0009935117771784

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Wiwi Siti Sajaroh and Sarah Hajar Mahmudah},
title={The Role of Philosophical Mysticism in Islamic Indigenization in Java},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={1777-1784},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009935117771784},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - The Role of Philosophical Mysticism in Islamic Indigenization in Java
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Sajaroh W.
AU - Mahmudah S.
PY - 2018
SP - 1777
EP - 1784
DO - 10.5220/0009935117771784