Community empowerment based on religious ecology leading to sustainable agricultural development (A case study of Isy Karima Islamic boarding school in Karanganyar, Central Java)

Abstract

A community is a collection of human beings in which humanity can be built through understanding and progressive religious awareness of their social structure. The purpose of this research was to describe the community empowerment carried out by Isy Karima Islamic Boarding School based on religious ecology. The research method was qualitative descriptive, and the data were people's written or spoken words and observed behavior. The research approach was based on sociological and anthropological paradigms. The data analysis begins by arranging the data and organizing it into patterns, categories, and basic units of description. The data were reduced using a coding analysis in the conceptualization form or assigning new names to the informants' explanations. A coding analysis was used to explain the implementation of Isy Karima Islamic Boarding School in empowering the local community. The results show that the religious ecology developed by the Islamic boarding school was successful in inspiring community members to develop their self-potential. The presence of Islamic boarding, which plays a central role as an agent of change, can provide (economic, social-cultural, psychological, and political) empowerment for the community. This community empowerment is important as a prerequisite for achieving sustainable development.