AGAMA DAN BUDAYA POPULAR

Abstract

The existence of a popular culture that has plagued the public is in line with the soaring development of information technology and social networking media that have now entered the private dimension in the spaces of the Muslim community in Indonesia. The existence of social media has a strong connection with religion. Media and social networks have a profound impact on the life and religious attitude of the Indonesian people. And the problem that comes is about how people carry out Islamic values that they understand when compared to the phenomenon of modernization. This phenomenon triggers various kinds of advanced phenomena which demand redefinition of ideal Islamic life. In its use, many of them often ignore religious and social values. The crime rate that starts from social media is increasing, as if to emphasize the use of social media has an impact on the implementation of social and religious values, especially the people of Indonesia. In phenomena, culture in the global era leads to secular values which have a great influence on the development of religious souls. In conjunction with the religious soul the influence of globalization can be seen through relations with changing attitudes, for example, is the loss of the handle of life that is referenced from the traditions of the people and sourced from religious teachings.