Varieties of Javanese Religion: An Anthropological Account

Bråten, Eldar

doi:10.1525/ae.2001.28.4.937

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“…For those from low SES, infiltration of Western philosophy is less compatible, therefore, they regard sickness as the result of destiny, which could cause a feeling of hopelessness and powerlessness in relation to the health sector, as well as in other sectors of life ( 24 ). Belief in destiny could also be a reflection of the strong influence of religion and culture, which includes a belief in the power of the macrocosmic over their lives ( 31 ).…”

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‘Maintaining balance and harmony’: Javanese perceptions of health and cardiovascular disease

Dewi

Weinehall

Öhman

2010

Global Health Action

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Community intervention programmes to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors within urban communities in developing countries are rare. One possible explanation is the difficulty of designing an intervention that corresponds to the local context and culture.ObjectivesTo understand people's perceptions of health and CVD, and how people prevent CVD in an urban setting in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.MethodsA qualitative study was performed through focus group discussions and individual research interviews. Participants were selected purposively in terms of socio-economic status (SES), lay people, community leaders and government officers. Data were analysed by using content analysis.ResultsSeven categories were identified: (1) heart disease is dangerous, (2) the cause of heart disease, (3) men have no time for health, (4) women are caretakers for health, (5) different information-seeking patterns, (6) the role of community leaders and (7) patterns of lay people's action. Each category consists of sub-categories according to the SES of participants. The main theme that emerged was one of balance and harmony, indicating the necessity of assuring a balance between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ habits.ConclusionsThe basic concepts of balance and harmony, which differ between low and high SES groups, must be understood when tailoring community interventions to reduce CVD risk factors.

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‘Maintaining balance and harmony’: Javanese perceptions of health and cardiovascular disease

Dewi

Weinehall

Öhman

2010

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“…Different cultural contexts manifest differently, depending on the people who share these cultural values. The Javanese society rich in cultural values shares various cultural traditional values (Kotthoff, 2005); (Braten, 2001). These various cultural values have potentials to create misunderstandings among those who are newcomers to the culture.…”

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Pragmatic Meanings of Javanese Phatic Marker ‘Sampun’: Culture-Specific Pragmatic Perspective

Rahardi

2020

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The Javanese phatic marker ‘sampun’ draws several interpretations to researchers. The variety of interpretation poses communication problems in the daily communication, especially for people that do not fully understand the Javanese language and culture. The data consisted of excerpts of utterances transcribed from the recording tape of full conversations containing the phatic ‘sampun’ as discourse markers. The data gathering methods employed in this research were observation and speaking methods. Both types of data gathering methods employed the basic and advanced techniques in their elaboration. After being classified and typified properly, the data was analyzed using the distributional analysis method and pragmatic identity method commonly used in a linguistic research. The research showed the following results namely (1)the cultural context to emphasize intention, (2) the cultural context to emphasize the speaker’s hope and expectation, (3) the cultural context to emphasize the speaker’s intention to convince the hearer, (4) the cultural context to emphasize the speaker’s intention to question the hearer, (5) the cultural context to emphasize the speaker’s intention to agree, (6) the cultural context to convey disappointment, (7) the cultural context to emphasize the speaker’s inconvenience.

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“…The unique character of the syncretic concept of cosmology in Javanese social culture shows that Javanese people can evolve various theisms' concepts in interpreting natural and built environments. Java exemplify a place and culture where diverse religious cultures are mixed (Bråten, 2001) The manifestation of the cosmology is seen in the morphology of cities (Karsono & Wahid, 2008;Purwani, 2016), temple complexes (Ema Y. Titisari, Antariksa, Wulandari, & Surjono, 2017), and Kraton (Behrend, 1989).…”

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Indonesian Javanese Cosmology and its Transformation in Social Tradition and Built Environment

Surjono,

Antariksa,

Titisari

2023

SLJIL

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The research focuses on how the teaching of different faiths was blended into Javanese-Nusantara culture and has created a culture with a peaceful and moderate Islamic image that is different from radical Islam which has generated Is-lamic phobias in many countries. This research examines how Javanese cosmology (syncretism of Hindu - Buddha - Islam) had been translated in social space and built-environment. The second is to describe how the system in Java successfully harmonized different faiths into Javanese culture. This study was a purposeful qualitative study that focused on traditional communities and two prominent existing Kingdoms of Surakarta and Yogyakarta in Java. Observation, in-depth interviews, and reviews on literature and documents of classical authors in Islamic Sufism were conducted to collect and compile data. The results show that the cultural process of Javanese prefers similarities rather than emphasizing differences between faiths. Converting faith from Hindu or Buddha to Islam did not necessarily cause conflicts and hostilities. The study underlined that the Javanese’s understanding of cosmology at the micro and macro level, orientation or qiblah, and spiritual axis found similar mystical knowledge between Islam and the pre-Islam (Hindu-Buddha). This syncretism process created Kejawen culture and moderate Islam in Nusantara. Islam Nusantara is recently used as a paradigm by the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia

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Varieties of Javanese Religion: An Anthropological Account

Abstract: Varieties of Javanese Religion: An Anthropological Account. Andrew Beatty. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. x + 272 pp., glossary, map, notes, references, index.

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‘Maintaining balance and harmony’: Javanese perceptions of health and cardiovascular disease

‘Maintaining balance and harmony’: Javanese perceptions of health and cardiovascular disease

Pragmatic Meanings of Javanese Phatic Marker ‘Sampun’: Culture-Specific Pragmatic Perspective

Indonesian Javanese Cosmology and its Transformation in Social Tradition and Built Environment

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