Pesantren Culture in Building Generations and Nations

Puji Rahayu (Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Nahdlatul Ulama Kotabumi, Indonesia)
Ahmad Baqi Ghrafiza (Universitas Al-Azhar Kairo, Mesir)

Santri: Journal of Pesantren and Fiqh Sosial
Vol 5 No 1 (2024): June 2024

Pesantren culture is formed as a result of the dialectic between the faith that is believed and the cultural reality that develops in the Pesantren community. This is because the Pesantren community believes that the culture contains high moral values ​​and is beneficial for life, maintaining harmony with society and the surrounding environment. Culture can be interpreted in 3 parts, namely intellectual, spiritual and aesthetic development, which leads to visible culture and invisible culture. Among the cultures of modern Pesantren is developing the values ​​of aqidah, sharia, devotion, intellectualism, leadership, discipline, independence, simplicity, cooperation, responsibility, and mastery of foreign languages, both Arabic and English, in accordance with the demands of the times.