Pluralisme Agama dalam Pemikiran Syekh Siti Jenar

Abstract

This article discusses the roots of religious pluralism of Sheikh Siti Jenar. As one of the
prosecution of Islam in the land of Java, he had a thought of religious pluralism, which is the
meeting point of religions on the esoteric landscape (the transcendent unity of religions), in terms
of Islamic mysticism known as Wahdat al-Adyan. The author deliberately used pluralism to
uncover the thoughts of Sheikh Siti Jenar based on his teachings. The theory of religious
pluralism classification, which includes secular humanism, global theology, syncretism, and
lasting wisdom, is used to determine the pattern of religious pluralism found in the thought of
Sheikh Siti Jenar. The problems discussed in this paper are the thoughts and patterns of religious
pluralism Sheikh Siti Jenar. For that purpose, the relevant data, obtained through the literature
study, is analyzed using a method of content analysis and descriptive-analytic. Based on the
study conducted, it can be suggested that the concept of religious pluralism Sheikh Siti Jenar is
the implications of the plurality of scientific networks that accumulate in the developed
teachings, Manunggaling Kawulo Gusti. The pluralism in the thought of Sheikh Siti Jenar
covered the meeting point of various religions at the esoteric level, because the difference for
him only occurred at the level of exoscorers alone. This view when associated with religious
pluralism classification belongs to the category of eternal wisdom. The thought of Sheik Siti
Jenar about the mystical maqamat in the process of discovering identity, the three elements that
build human beings, heaven and hell, and his views on nature, all of which are intertwined with
the teachings of Islamic mysticism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Javanese philosophy. The thought
of Sheikh Siti Jenar took the pattern of religious pluralism, syncretism.