MOCOPAT SYAFAAT: FROM NEO-SUFISM TOWARD A NEW CIVILIZATION

Authors

  • Muhamad Supraja Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
  • Nuruddin Al-Akbar Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

Keywords:

Neo-Sufism, Emha Ainun Najib, Mocapat Syafaat, popular religious movements, Islam

Abstract

Often theologians and academics overlook very important popular religious movements. They fail to appreciate their significance, the way they have adapted themselves to changing realities, answer peoples needs, or contribute to significant society reforms. One such movement is the neo-Sufi movement of Emha Ainun Najib called the Mocopat Syafaat Emha Ainun Najib. This essay will show the significance of this movement in comparison to earlier neo-Sufi movements such as the Nurcholis Madjid neo-Sufism movement. What they share in common is both try to cultivate the self-autonomy of their followers, and emphasise that with this self-autonomy, anyone can access God directly without having to go through the intermediaries of a murshid, as in the order of the tarekat. But the Mocopat Syafaat movement has advantages not possessed in the Nurcholis Madjid neo-Sufism community, namely its more egalitarian and mass dialogue. This is why it is overlooked by academics, but it is why it can play a larger role in society. Mocopat Intercession can be seen as a new civilization movement reviving the character of Islamic civilization that once triumphed in the golden age of Islam.

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Published

2020-01-06

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2019): July - December 2019

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