Oleh: Fahrurrozi Dahlan *
Abstrak: Abstract: Tuan Guru: Normative Ideas and Social Realities In Sasaknese Society. Shifting
paradigm and societal labeling towards tuan
guru in Lombok have commonly led to ambiguity and overlap caused by varied
contributing factors such as one’s status of tuan guru, one’s sole teaching
activity in the pesantren, madrasah teachers, preachers, teaching religious
books in general, and even political interest. There is, then, no wonder there
are lots of tuan gurus. Considering
those, this research aims at decribing the epistemology of tuan guru in the
normative ideas and mapping the social realities of tuan guru label at the
societal level. The research employs sociological approach and phenomena
analysed with inductive-descriptive analysis. Results show that tuan gurus as
religious missionaries should command deep knowledge mastery, have individual and social piety, be fluent in book reading,
organize an education centre, have done the pilgrimage, be socially acceptable,
be highly committed to societal issues, posses power and unique charm, and be
well behaved.
Key words: normative, social realities, tuan guru,
cateigories, reposition, typology, appropriateness.
