AGAMA DALAM MODERNITAS AKHIR: REVIEW KONSEPTUAL ATAS PEMIKIRAN MICHELE DILLON TENTANG SOSIOLOGI AGAMA PASCA-SEKULAR
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This article presents a conceptual-critical review of Michele Dillon’s The Sociology of Religion in Late Modernity, focusing on the chapter “Religion as a Field of Sociological Knowledge.” The article aims to examine how Dillon reconstructs the position of religion within contemporary sociological theory by challenging the classical secularization paradigm that predicts the decline of religion in modern societies. Employing a critical literature review and a reflective sociological approach, this study conceptualizes religion as an empirical social fact and a moral resource in late modernity. The analysis demonstrates that Dillon advances a post-secular sociology of religion that emphasizes the coexistence of instrumental rationality, ritual practices, and religious moralities. This article argues that Dillon’s framework is particularly relevant for extending sociological analyses of religion beyond Western contexts, including Indonesia, in addressing religious transformation amid pluralism, globalization, and contemporary social change.
Artikel ini merupakan review konseptual-kritis atas pemikiran Michele Dillon dalam karyanya The Sociology of Religion in Late Modernity, khususnya bagian “Religion as a Field of Sociological Knowledge”. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis bagaimana Dillon merekonstruksi posisi agama dalam teori sosiologi kontemporer dengan menolak paradigma sekularisasi klasik yang memprediksi kemunduran agama dalam masyarakat modern. Metode yang digunakan adalah kajian pustaka kritis (critical literature review) dengan pendekatan sosiologi reflektif, yang menempatkan agama sebagai fakta sosial empiris dan sumber daya moral dalam modernitas akhir. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa Dillon berhasil mengembangkan kerangka sosiologi agama pasca-sekular yang menegaskan ko-eksistensi antara rasionalitas instrumental, ritual, dan moralitas religius. Artikel ini berargumen bahwa pemikiran Dillon relevan untuk memperkaya kajian sosiologi agama di luar konteks Barat, termasuk Indonesia, terutama dalam memahami transformasi religiusitas di tengah pluralisme, globalisasi, dan perubahan sosial kontemporer.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17509/e.v25i2.94762
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