Integritas Terbuka: Peace and Interfaith Studies

Ideological Criticism of Sustainable Development: Degrowth and Challenges to Ecological Capitalism

2025-07-04T19:27:17+07:00

This study aims to examine the limitations of ethical green consumption as a solution to the environmental crisis, highlighting how such practices operate within an economic system that in fact reinforces ecological degradation. Green consumption is seen as incapable of addressing the root causes of the crisis, as it remains trapped in the logic of endless growth, commodification, and the individualization of ecological responsibility. This research is crucial given the increasing popularity of ethical consumption narratives in policymaking and popular culture, despite their often illusory contributions to sustainability. The study employs a qualitative approach grounded in semiotics and interpretive analysis. Data are collected through a literature review of academic texts, policy documents, and media narratives that engage with the concepts of green consumption and degrowth. The analysis deconstructs signs, symbols, and metaphors within sustainability discourse and situates them within broader social and ideological contexts. The main finding reveals that ethical green consumption functions as an ideological mechanism that stabilizes the capitalist economic system through moral aesthetics, rather than as a transformative effort that addresses the ecological crisis at its root. The discourses of green growth and sustainable development promoted by global institutions are framed in technocratic language that conceals power relations, global inequality, and ecological imperialism. In contrast, degrowth emerges as an alternative paradigm that proposes a redefinition of prosperity based on sufficiency, redistribution, reciprocity, and global ecological justice—particularly through selective contraction in wealthy nations and development autonomy for the Global South. The study's implications point to the need for a shift in sustainability policy and culture—from an emphasis on individual responsibility toward systemic transformation and global justice. This research contributes original insights by integrating semiotic analysis and critical theory to uncover the growth ideology embedded in green consumption and by rearticulating degrowth not as austerity, but as a political, ecological, and social vision for a just and sustainable future.

Pancasila, Nonagama, and Human Rights: A Critical Study of Socio-Cultural and Constitutional Practices in Indonesia

2025-01-24T17:05:56+07:00

This study aims to analyse the role of Pancasila as the nation’s philosophy in ensuring justice and equality for minority groups, particularly nonagama, who have long received limited attention in both academic discourse and public policy. The research employs a qualitative approach using a literature study method and thematic as well as critical document analysis of discourses on nonagama and interpretations of Pancasila’s principles, especially the first precept. The findings reveal three main obstacles faced by nonagama groups in attaining justice and equality: (1) the exclusive interpretation of Pancasila’s first precept, (2) a prevailing social paradigm that links morality with religiosity, and (3) low public awareness of pluralistic values. These findings imply the need for a reconstruction of understanding Pancasila in a more inclusive and open manner, so that it can guarantee constitutional rights for all citizens without discrimination. The originality of this research lies in its focus on nonagama groups from the perspective of Pancasila—an area rarely addressed in previous studies—thus contributing new insights to the discourse on pluralism, inclusivity, and human rights in Indonesia.

Interfaith Dialogue, Collective Trauma Healing, and Youth Peacebuilding in the Global South: A Comparative Study of Trustbuilding Programs in Indonesia and Kenya

2025-09-08T15:48:50+07:00

This study examines the role of the Trustbuilding Program (TBP) in fostering interfaith dialogue and healing collective trauma among youth in Indonesia and Kenya. The research aims to explore how youth, often viewed merely as victims or perpetrators of radicalization, can become key agents of peacebuilding when provided with safe spaces and creative dialogical methods. A qualitative research design was employed, combining participatory observation and document analysis, including stories of change, program reports, videos, and modules. The first author participated directly in TBP camps in Indonesia, while program managers in Indonesia and Kenya contributed practitioner perspectives. The findings reveal that TBP in both countries emphasizes four pillars: starting with self-transformation, healing historical wounds, engaging in honest conversations, and building diverse teams. In Kenya, the program is implemented through universities and strengthened by religious leaders, while in Indonesia it is carried out through community-based camps that integrate creative tools such as storytelling, board games, and reflective practices. Both approaches enabled youth to articulate inherited traumas, build trust across faith lines, and create inclusive narratives of coexistence. The study contributes to peacebuilding scholarship by foregrounding collective trauma as a central variable in interfaith dialogue and demonstrating the flexibility of TBP methods across different socio-historical contexts in the Global South. Practically, the results suggest that sustainable interfaith dialogue requires not only global frameworks but also local adaptations that address historical grievances, social polarization, and structural inequalities. The originality of this study lies in its comparative perspective on TBP in Indonesia and Kenya, highlighting how trauma-informed dialogue methods enable youth to transform historical wounds into resources for reconciliation and pluralism. Unlike previous studies that focus either on theological values or grassroots activism, this research situates trauma as both a challenge and an opportunity for interfaith peacebuilding.

Dekonstruksi Hermenutika atas Tafsir Kontemporer: Membongkar Penafsiran Ayat-Ayat Radikalisme dalam Konteks Pluralitas

2025-08-06T14:26:55+07:00

Artikel ini mengkaji konstruksi tafsir eksklusif terhadap ayat-ayat Al-Qur’an yang berkonotasi kekerasan, seperti QS. At-Taubah:5, QS. Al-Baqarah:191, dan QS. Al-Anfal:12, yang sering dijadikan legitimasi tindakan radikal atas nama agama. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan hermeneutika kritis Fazlur Rahman (double movement), analisis relasi kuasa Michel Foucault, dan perspektif sosiologi agama, studi ini membongkar dimensi ideologis dan politis dalam praktik penafsiran. Tafsir literalistik tanpa mempertimbangkan konteks historis (asbāb al-nuzūl) dan maqāṣid al-sharī‘ah menyebabkan dislokasi makna serta reproduksi kekuasaan simbolik dalam wacana keagamaan. Artikel ini menawarkan model rekonstruksi tafsir berbasis etika profetik dan nilai maqāṣid, khususnya perlindungan jiwa (ḥifẓ al-nafs) dan pencegahan kerusakan (dar’u al-mafāsid), sebagai jalan menuju tafsir inklusif dan damai. Studi ini menegaskan urgensi reformasi metodologis dalam dunia tafsir agar Al-Qur’an kembali menjadi sumber nilai rahmatan lil-‘ālamīn yang relevan dengan masyarakat plural dan demokratis.