Local Wisdom as the Basis for Religious Moderation in Pluralistic Indonesian Society to Realize Islamic Values Rahmatan lil 'Alamin

Abstract

This study aims to explore the social behavior and interactions experienced by communities with different religious, social, economic, and cultural backgrounds. It focuses on the local wisdom, which binds communities to guide, internalize, and implement a social norm in daily life. This study employs a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach to examine the behavior and social interactions of the community. Data were collected using a literature review by reading primary sources, such as books, journals, and other academic works. This study concludes that there are various peaceful interactions among people considered diverse, such as person to person, groups to groups with all different backgrounds, and they interact without considering the differences, such as religions, ethnics, and culture. They can perceive the unity in diversity that must be upheld depicted in the fundamental attitude towards the value of local wisdom. Local wisdom can be utilized as a robust social bonding in diverse societies. This study confirms that a pluralistic society will behave socially with social norms that are upheld and applied in daily life under the vision of local wisdom. This value is used as a series of morals, norms, social values, and rules that are sourced from the cultural aspects of the community and are used as a reference in interacting between humans in a pluralistic society.