PENGAJIAN PADHANG MBULAN DI JOMBANG : PENYEBARAN BUDAYA INTELEKTUAL OLEH EMHA AINUN NADJIB TAHUN 1994-2020

Abstract

Emha Ainun Nadjib or more familiarly called Cak Nun is someone who is multitalented because apart from being a preacher, he is also known to the public as a writer, culturalist, and scholar. With his abilities, Cak Nun formed a group of religious activities capable of accommodating people with heterogeneous patterns. In practice, the Padhang Mbulan recitation is carried out on the night of the full moon every month with a short time starting at night until the early hours of the morning. The learning method used in the Padhang Mbulan recitation is interactive and communicative lectures such as free and open questions and answers, punctuated with humor, using language that is easily accepted by the community, and supported by traditional and modern instrumental music. This study discusses (1) how the journey of the Padhang Mbulan recitation in Jombang in 1994-2020, (2) how the uniqueness of the Padhang Mbulan recitation in Jombang, (3) how the influence of Emha Ainun Nadjib's thinking culture on the Padhang Mbulan recitation congregation in Jombang In this study, the writer uses historical research methods which include heuristics or source collection, then verification or source criticism, followed by interpretation or interpretation of sources, and ends with historiography or writing of historical facts. The purpose of this study is to analyze how the spread of intellectual culture carried out by Cak Nun to the Padhang Mbulan recitation congregation which will later have an impact on the life behavior of the congregation such as a patient and resilient spirit, a high tolerance attitude, a critical attitude towards something, and broad insight.

Keywords: Cak Nun, Padhang Mbulan, Spreading