The role of religious and cultural education as a resolution of radicalism conflict in Sibolga community

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title The role of religious and cultural education as a resolution of radicalism conflict in Sibolga community
 
Creator Dasopang, Muhammad D. Nasution, Ismail F.A. Lubis, Azmil H.
 
Subject — culture; religious education; radicalism; conflict resolution; students’ character; religious tolerance; unity and integrity among citizens
Description This study aimed to investigate the role of religious and cultural education in solving radicalism conflicts that occurred in the Sibolga community in Indonesia. The method used in this research was qualitative with the type of grounded research. This study involved educational stakeholders and traditional as well as cultural leaders as informants in collecting data. These informants were chosen by using a purposive sampling technique. The data obtained in this study were qualitative data that were analysed descriptively by applying the data triangulation technique. This study’s results indicated that two elements were used as steps to resolve the radicalism conflict that occurred in the Sibolga community in Indonesia. The two elements were educational elements and cultural elements. The educational element played a role in building the students’ character and creating tolerance among religious communities to maintain unity and integrity among citizens. Cultural elements acted as controllers of differences in society with all customs that were binding in society.Contribution: This article contributes to the completion of solutions for the many perpetrators of religious radicalism involving students. The role of religious and cultural education as a resolution of radicalism conflicts. In fact, the conflict resolution steps taken through these two elements had been successfully implemented in the Sibolga community, Indonesia, as one of the areas affected by radicalism.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2023-04-14
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Grounded Research
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v79i1.8469
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 79, No 1 (2023); 7 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2023 Muhammad D. Dasopang, Ismail F.A. Nasution, Azmil H. Lubis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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