Tasawuf dan Budaya Populer: Studi atas Pengajian Online Kitab al-Hikam di Facebook oleh Ulil Abshar Abdalla

Abstract

This study discusses Sufism and Popular Culture: A Study of the Online Study of the Al-Hikam Book on Facebook by Ulil Abshar Abdalla. The author's aims of discusses this because in the modern era peoples use this gadget many are because of the need of the spiritually, but not most of them can actualize themselves to find it. In this case, the figure of Ulil Abshar Abdalla initiated a study in the modern era in the online sites, especially on Facebook as a way of transforming the values of Sufism. This study raised one of Ibn Athaillah's books, al-Hikam. The reason researchers chose this study: first, this study is still rarely done by Sufism reviewers; second, the uniqueness that was built by Ulil Abshar Abdalla in conveying through facebook media and sharing its explanations to the laypeople and Sufism experts. The results of this determination are: first, revealing new ways or methods in presenting Sufism in this modern era; secondly, it found a relationship between Sufism and popular culture so that it can exist in the respective fields. Finally, Sufism can convey the wise messages in the book of al-Hikam in a wide circle.

Keywords

• sufism and popular culture, al-hikam, ulil abshar abdalla, online