Religion in The Midst of Polarization and A Crisis of Public Trust: The Reactualization of Tradition and State Intervention in Maintaining Coexistence in The Digital Era
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.64810/annuha.v13i1.988Keywords:
Religion, polarization, tradition, coexistence, digitalizationAbstract
Social polarization and crisis of trust in religious institutions and the state are strengthened in the digital age, exacerbated by algorithms that deepen identity fragmentation. This article formulates a key question: How can religion, through the reactualization of traditions and state intervention, maintain coexistence in the context of digital social disruption? The method used is a qualitative-critical approach through discourse analysis on religious policies, interfaith traditional practices, and digital narratives. The results of the study show that local religious traditions are able to support social cohesion in the midst of identity extremism. Meanwhile, state intervention in religious services of an ambivalent nature can be a facilitator of peace or a tool of symbolic domination. It was concluded that maintaining diversity today requires a synergy between the revitalization of cross-communal traditional values and the country's religious governance that is inclusive, equitable, and adaptive to the digital landscape. Religion will only play a constructive role if it is supported by the ethics of pluralism and digital civilization.
Downloads
References
A’thoina, Inna, and Abdullah Mustafa Mohamad Al-Aboosi. “Navigating Digital Da’wah: Hanan Attaki’s Approach And Nahdatul Ulama’s Authority On Social Media.” Penamas 37, no. 2 (2024): 158–71.
Abdullah, M Amin. “From Dialogue to Engagement: Experiences of Civil Society Organizations in Religious Literacy Programs for Multicultural Education Curriculum in Indonesia.” Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam 21, no. 2 (2024): 264–74.
Adiputro, Bayu, Carla Raymondalexas Marchira, and Sumarni Djaka Waluya. “Amamangun Karyenak Tyasing Sasama: Fungsi Slametan Dalam Mendukung Kesehatan Mental Komunitas Melalui Perspektif Pemberdayaan Dan Partisipasi Sosial Pada Masyarakat Jawa.” Jurnal Pengabdian, Riset, Kreativitas, Inovasi, Dan Teknologi Tepat Guna 2, no. 2 (2024): 270–78.
Afrimadona. “Revisiting Political Polarisation in Indonesia: A Case Study of Jakarta’s Electorate.” Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 40, no. 2 (2021): 315–39.
Ahnaf, M Iqbal, and Danielle N Lussier. “Religious Leaders and Elections in the Polarizing Context of Indonesia.” Humaniora 31, no. 3 (2019): 227.
Akpinar, Nil-Jana, and Sina Fazelpour. “Authenticity and Exclusion: Social Media Algorithms and the Dynamics of Belonging in Epistemic Communities.” ArXiv Preprint ArXiv:2407.08552, 2024.
Ambarita, Jenri, Agusthina Siahaya, and Park Mi Kyong. “Local Traditions And The Dynamics Of Diversity In Negeri Waraka.” Penamas 37, no. 2 (2024): 145–57.
Angretnowati, Yuseptia, and Meike Lusye Karolus. “Negara, Gerakan Islam Pasca-Fundamentalis Dan Masa Depan Demokrasi Di Indonesia: Kekuasaan Simbolik Dan Upaya Konsolidasi.” Politika: Jurnal Ilmu Politik 13, no. 2 (2022): 369–93.
Bader, Veit, Marcel Maussen, and Annelies Moors. Colonial and Post-Colonial Governance of Islam: Continuities and Ruptures. Amsterdam University Press, 2011.
Barometer, Edelman Trust. “Edelman Trust Barometer.” Retrieved March 24 (2025): 2025.
Bingaman, Kirk A. “Religion in the Digital Age: An Irreversible Process.” Religions 14, no. 1 (2023): 108.
Campbell, Heidi A. Digital Creatives and the Rethinking of Religious Authority. Routledge, 2020.
Casanova, José. “Religion, Politics and Gender Equality: Public Religions Revisited.” A Debate on the Public Role of Religion and Its Social and Gender Implications, 2009, 5–33.
Dijck, José Van, Thomas Poell, and Martijn De Waal. The Platform Society: Public Values in a Connective World. Oxford university press, 2018.
Fauzi, Engrina, Helfira Citra, Elwidarifa Marwenny, and Nia Alfitrianti. “Control of Personal Data and Cyber Space by Global Digital Platforms in Relation to Indonesia’s Digital Sovereignty.” Jurnal Ilmiah Ekotrans & Erudisi 4, no. 1 (2024): 149–57.
Febrian, Harry. “Visualizing Authority: Rise of the Religious Influencers on the Instagram.” Social Media+ Society 10, no. 4 (2024): 20563051241286850.
Firdaus, Muhammad Riyyan, and Mohamad Dindin Hamam Sidik. “Constructing Religious Legitimacy in the Digital Public Sphere: A Study of Islamic Discourse on Social Media.” Khazanah Theologia 6, no. 2 (2024): 85–110.
Fitriansyah, Nuzul, and Torkis Lubis. “Mediating Alghorithm Mediating Da’wa: The New Preacher and Optimization of Social Media for Da’wa in the Case of Habib Ja’far.” Jurnal Penelitian, 2023, 1–12.
Foucault, Michel. Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1977-78. Springer, 2007.
Gafallo, M Fadhil Yarda, and Adibrata Iriansyah. “Budaya Partisipasi Dan Resistensi Komunitas Keagamaan Di Media Sosial.” Jurnal Studi Komunikasi Dan Media 26, no. 1 (2022): 17–30.
Gillespie, Tarleton. Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions That Shape Social Media. Yale University Press, 2018.
Gomez, Juan Felipe, Caio Machado, Lucas Monteiro Paes, and Flavio Calmon. “Algorithmic Arbitrariness in Content Moderation.” In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, 2234–53, 2024.
Handayani, Rizqi, and Alfida Alfida. “Religious Moderation Discourses on Digital Platforms: Upholding Diversity, Rejecting Violence, and Embracing Local Wisdom.” Insaniyat: Journal of Islam and Humanities 9, no. 2 (2025): 165–77.
Happyana, Lu’at, Fina Zaidatul Istiqomah, Miratu Khasanah, and Mohamad Hussin. “Integration of Tradition and Technology: Digitalization Strategies in Islamic Education at Pesantren in Banyuwangi, Indonesia.” Journal of Islamic Education Research 6, no. 1 (2025): 1–18.
Hefni, Wildani. “Moderasi Beragama Dalam Ruang Digital: Studi Pengarusutamaan Moderasi Beragama Di Perguruan Tinggi Keagamaan Islam Negeri.” Jurnal Bimas Islam 13, no. 1 (2020): 1–22.
Hidayat, Imam, and Mukhamad Hamid Samiaji. “Shifting the Way the Public Forms Religious Understanding in the Era of Digital Disruption.” Jurnal Nusantara Raya 4, no. 1 (2025): 19–30.
Isnaniah, Siti, and Islahuddin Islahuddin. “The Application of Religious Moderation Concept in Indonesian Language Teaching: A Case Study in Islamic Schools and Islamic Universities (Perguruan Tinggi Keagamaan Islam/Ptki).” Penamas 35, no. 2 (2022): 213–22.
Jannah, Miftahul. “The Role of Islamic Religious Education Teachers in Instilling Religious Tolerance Values in Schools.” Indonesian Journal for Islamic Studies 3, no. 1 (2025): 12–16.
Koay, Kian Yeik, Chee Wei Cheah, and Jia Ying Yap. “Self-Influencer Congruence, Parasocial Relationships, Credibility, and Purchase Intentions: A Sequential Mediation Model.” Journal of Relationship Marketing 23, no. 1 (2024): 1–20.
Mahzumi, Fikri, Ahmad Aminuddin, Hasan Mahfudh, and M Mujibuddin Sm. “CYBER-ISLAMIC MODERATION IN INDONESIA: Digital Activism of Islami. Co and IBTimes. Id and Its Implications for Young Muslims.” MIQOT: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Keislaman 49, no. 1 (2025): 22–49.
Mandala, Ican, Doli Witro, and Juraidi Juraidi. “Transformasi Moderasi Beragama Berbasis Digital 2024: Sebagai Bentuk Upaya Memfilter Konten Radikalisme Dan Ekstremisme Di Era Disrupsi: Digital-Based Religious Moderation Transformation 2024: An Effort to Filter Radicalism and Extremism Content in the Ag.” Jurnal Bimas Islam 17, no. 1 (2024): 127–60.
Marzuki, Angga, and Mabrur Mabrur. “Literasi Digital: Sumber Paham Keagamaan Pada Mahasiswa Penghafal Al-Qur’an Di Ptiq Jakarta.” Penamas 33, no. 1 (2020): 77–94.
Muthoharoh. “Interreligious Dialogue As a Representation of Transformative Tolerance Education.” Penamas 36, no. 1 (2023): 58–81. https://doi.org/10.31330/penamas.v36i1.651.
Nauval, Achmad Zaky, Tri Ahmad Tommy Sinambela, and Khairiyah Ramadhani. “Transformasi Media Digital Dan Moderasi Beragama: Fenomena Politisasi Agama Di Indonesia.” Tabsyir: Jurnal Dakwah Dan Sosial Humaniora 5, no. 3 (2024): 192–201.
Nettasinghe, Buddhika, Allon G Percus, and Kristina Lerman. “Dynamics of Affective Polarization: From Consensus to Partisan Divides.” ArXiv Preprint ArXiv:2403.16940, 2024.
Nisa, Muria Khusnun, Ahmad Yani, Andika Andika, Eka Mulyo Yunus, and Yusuf Rahman. “Moderasi Beragama: Landasan Moderasi Dalam Tradisi Berbagai Agama Dan Implementasi Di Era Disrupsi Digital.” Jurnal Riset Agama 1, no. 3 (2021): 731–48.
Nuriana, Zulfa Ilma, and Nisrina Salwa. “Digital Da’wah in the Age of Algorithm: A Narrative Review of Communication, Moderation, and Inclusion.” Sinergi International Journal of Islamic Studies 2, no. 4 (2024): 242–56.
Parekh, Bhikhu. “What Is Multiculturalism.” The Ethnicity Reader: Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Migration 2 (2010): 238–43.
Pastor-Escuredo, David, and Ricardo Vinuesa. “Towards an Ethical Framework in the Complex Digital Era.” ArXiv Preprint ArXiv:2010.10028, 2020.
Patrikios, Stratos, and Narisong Huhe. “Neither Religious nor Rational: Heterodoxy and Institutional Trust.” West European Politics 47, no. 2 (2024): 255–79.
Prasetyo, Banu, Ni Wayan Suarmini, Tri Widyastuti, Niken Prasetyawati, and Lienggar Rahadiantino. “Digital Mediation in Interfaith Dialogue: Advancing Christian-Islamic Unity in the Modern Age.” KnE Social Sciences, 2024.
Pratap, Abhinav, and Amit Pathak. “From Public Square to Echo Chamber: The Fragmentation of Online Discourse.” ArXiv Preprint ArXiv:2501.18441, 2025.
Puspita, Rosana Eri, Ria Jayanthi, and Oga Satria. “On Netnography: Digital Promotion To Build Religion Moderation in Indonesia.” Harmoni 22, no. 2 (2023): 267–86.
Rahmah, Fadlika Laili, Ricka Handayani, Erika Febrianna Hutasuhut, and Romandiah Romandiah. “Navigasi Spiritual Di Era Digital: Analisis Konten Cyberreligion Dalam Media Sosial.” Tadbir: Jurnal Manajemen Dakwah FDIK IAIN Padangsidimpuan 6, no. 2 (2024): 177–92.
Risdiana, Aris, Reza Bakhtiar Ramadhan, and Imam Nawawi. “Transformasi Dakwah Berbasis’ Kitab Kuning’Ke Platform Digital.” Jurnal Lektur Keagamaan 18, no. 1 (2020): 1–28.
Rohmawati, Wiwin Siti Aminah, and Kamilia Hamidah. “Religious Tolerance Narratives on Social Media: Network Analysis of Indonesian Civil Society Organizations on Instagram (2019–2023).” Islamic Review: Jurnal Riset Dan Kajian Keislaman 14, no. 1 (2025): 1–26.
Schäfer, Mirko Tobias. “A Shattered Public Sphere: How Social Media Platforms Transform the Political Debate,” 2019, 1–10.
Seo, Marwela Remini, Fenetson Pairikas, and Yakobus Adi Saingo. “Potret Diskriminasi Agama Di Indonesia: Studi Kasus Implementasi Nilai Keadilan Sosial Bagi Kelompok Minoritas.” Mutiara: Jurnal Penelitian Dan Karya Ilmiah 3, no. 1 (2025): 319–38.
Setia, Paelani, and Rika Dilawati. “Religiosity in the Digital Era and the Challenges of Hoaxes, Post-Truth and Radicalism on Social Media.” Jurnal Iman Dan Spiritualitas 4, no. 1 (2024): 67–76.
Setiawan, Tery, Edwin B P De Jong, Peer L H Scheepers, and Carl J A Sterkens. “The Relation between Religiosity Dimensions and Support for Interreligious Conflict in Indonesia.” Archive for the Psychology of Religion 42, no. 2 (2020): 244–61.
Suntana, Ija, Iu Rusliana, Chay Asdak, and Lubna Gazalba. “Ideological Distrust: Re-Understanding the Debate on State Ideology, Normalization of State-Religion Relationship, and Legal System in Indonesia.” Heliyon 9, no. 3 (2023).
Syihabuddin, Muhammad, and Adila Tara Nisawanda Duha Alfani. “Co-Existing Muslims And Catholics: Promoting Inter-Religious Harmony Through Local Wisdoms In Yogyakarta.” Penamas 37, no. 2 (2024): 211–23.
Tahrus, Zainun Nur Hisyam. “The Coexistence of Faith and Reason: Habermas’ Theoretical Framework of the Post-Secular Society.” Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi 27, no. 2 (2022): 19.
Wira, Suhesti Wira Dharma, and Syukur Kholil. “ISLAMIC COMMUNICATION IN RELIGIOUS MODERATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING AS RELIGIOUS CONFLICT MITIGATION: The Role of BDK in Accommodating the Interests of Religious People.” Penamas 36, no. 2 (2023): 267–85.
Yusuf, Muhammad Zulfikar, and Destita Mutiara. “Diseminasi Informasi Moderasi Beragama: Analisis Konten Website Kementerian Agama.” Dialog 45, no. 1 (2022): 127–37.
Zamhari, Arif, Muhamad Ibtissam Han, and Zulkifli Zulkifli. “Traditional Religious Authorities in New Media: Cariustadz. Id Platform as An Alternative Cyber Fatwa and Da’wah Media among the Middle-Class Urban Muslims.” AHKAM: Jurnal Ilmu Syariah 21, no. 1 (2021).
Zuboff, Shoshana. “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, Edn.” PublicAffairs, New York, 2019.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2026 Ahmad Ahmad
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Copyright Notice
Seluruh materi yang terdapat dalam situs ini dilindungi oleh undang-undang. Dilarang mengutip sebagian atau seluruh isi situs web ini untuk keperluan komersil tanpa persetujuan dewan penyunting jurnal ini.
Apabila anda menemukan satu atau beberapa artikel yang terdapat dalam An Nuha yang melanggar atau berpotensi melanggar hak cipta yang anda miliki, silahkan laporkan kepada kami, melalui email pada Priciple Contact.
Aspek legal formal terhadap akses setiap informasi dan artikel yang tercantum dalam situs jurnal ini mengacu pada ketentuan lisensi Creative Commons Atributs Share Alike (CC BY-SA).
Semua Informasi yang terdapat di An-NUHA bersifat akademik. An-NUHA tidak bertanggung jawab terhadap kerugian yang terjadi karana penyalah gunaan informasi dari situs ini.
