AGAMA DALAM PRAKTIS BUDAYA (SUATU TINJAUAN SOSIOLOGI AGAMA)

Abstract

From the perspective of religion and culture, the phenomena found
in the society especially humans’ life are closely related to one another.
This phenomenon is sometimes misunderstood by some people who do not
understand how to place religious and cultural positions in people's lives.
In human life, religion and culture do not stand alone or stand by
themselves, both have a very close relationship in their dialectics; aligned
to create and then negate each other. Religion is a guideline for human life
that is used as a reference in living their life, while culture is a habit or way
of human life that is created by humans themselves from the results of
creativity, feeling, and intention given by God. Religion and culture
influence each other. Religion affects the culture, community groups, and
ethnic groups. However, culture tends to be fickle. This relationship has
implications for the authenticity of religion, resulting in different
interpretations. Religion is an idea that is idolized in every social action so
that society is always in balance and order of a stable system and structure.
This condition can be expected to give rise to a serene and peaceful social
life in which the function of religion becomes important and dominant. In
this way, religion in turn truly places itself as a regulator of the traffic of
social obligations through its commands and prohibitions, and in it, society
cannot refuse it. The point is that in recent times, since the 20th century,
religion has become an attractive object for scientists and culture.