THE YOUNG KYAI (LORA) AND TRANSFORMATIONAL OF PESANTREN IN MADURA

Muhith, Abd and UMIARSO, UMIARSO (2020) THE YOUNG KYAI (LORA) AND TRANSFORMATIONAL OF PESANTREN IN MADURA. Journal of Islamic and Social Studies, 2 (6). pp. 119-136. ISSN 2477=1309

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Abstract

This research focuses on the leadership of the A’wam Council, group of young religious scholars or kyai
(Lora) at the Mambaul Ulum Bata-Bata Pamekasan Madura Islamic Boarding School, in carrying out
institutional transformation of the pesantren (traditional Islamic boarding schools). As the protector of
religious-culture, Lora not only preserves the various acpects of religion such as marriage and security (by
performing the rituals of tahlil, or yasinan) but also maintains public morality and good social and political
relations in the community. Lora functions as the a protector of culture and religion (amanah or public
trust) in order to increase the social capital of the pesantren (enriching social networks). Using the
collective leadership theory by O’Neill & Berinkerhoff and a qualitative approach through observation,
interviews, and documentation, this article finds that Lora leadership made use of Islamic values in
transforming this institution from a traditional pesantren (salaf) to modern one (khalaf). This process was
coupled with the development of an interconnective-integralist paradigm that led to a new pesantren
model that not only preserves the traditional methods but also adopted new developments in
contemporary thought, namely combining and integrating religious knowledge with general science.
Keywords: Young Kyai (Lora); Collective leadership; Pesantren transformation

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