STRENGTHENING HUMAN VALUES THROUGH SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE RELIGIOUS MODERATION VILLAGE OF SIDOMULYO LUMAJANG

Abstract

Religion can actually be a strengthening element and can also be an element of division, based on how its adherents place the religion they adhere to in the focus of thinking, behaving, and behaving in interacting with other groups.The position of religion as a strengthening element contains a message of peace in the current conditions and conditions of the nation, where the problem of religious and ethnic motivated conflicts has not completely disappeared, recently, the conflicts that have occurred in some areas are due to a lack of understanding and knowledge as religious people of the teachings of other religions, in addition to their own religious teachings.This kind of situation can have the effect of religious believers in question having narrow religious thoughts, eventually it is easy to blame different religions.Therefore, the position of religion as a strengthening element is considered very important in addition to realizing that peace is actually a fundamental message of dogmadogma Efforts to realize tolerance and moderate attitudes in a plural society are very necessary to overcome conflict problems motivated by culture and religion.This is in accordance with one of the villages in Pronojiwo district, namely Sidomulyo Village. Sidomulyo Village is a village on the edge of Mount Semeru. The people in Sidomulyo village live full of differences. There are four religions that go hand in hand, namely Islam, Hindhu, Catholicism and Christianity which are essential differences in the community.The efforts made by the sidomulyo village community in socio-economic interaction are by interacting as is generally the community, the unique thing that distinguishes it is the social interaction between religious people which is so harmonious. There are values of humanity and harmony that are upheld by the sidomulyo community in social and economic interactions.