Latifah Latifah

• M.A.
• Lecturer at Kertarajasa Buddhist College, Batu, East Java, Indonesia

Buku Komunikasi Interpersonal: Teori, Praktik, dan Aplikasinya menghadirkan pembahasan menyeluruh mengenai dasar-dasar komunikasi antarpribadi, mulai dari pengertian, unsur, hingga teori-teori yang mendasarinya. Buku ini mengupas pentingnya komunikasi interpersonal dalam berbagai konteks, menyoroti keterampilan, etika, dan budaya yang mempengaruhi...

In the digital era, the transmission of spiritual values through online platforms has become increasingly vital, particularly in religious education for Buddhist Sunday Schools. Jataka tales, which recount the past lives of the Buddha, hold significant potential for instilling Buddhist values in learners. However, the adaptation and effective deliv...

This chapter focuses on the importance and development of critical thinking skills through cooperative learning methods. It begins by emphasizing the relevance of critical thinking in the 21st century, as recognized by the World Economic Forum. This skill is essential for analyzing information, making informed decisions, and fostering creativity an...

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, traditional religious education increasingly leverages online platforms to foster spiritual development and community among practitioners. By employing a qualitative content analysis approach to examine the YouTube recordings and Instagram content of the online Buddhist Sunday School of Guna Dharma, this s...

Evaluation of teaching practice is often conducted by the university assessment board through a single instance of seeing a class through a walk-through observation. Oftentimes, teachers would receive either positive or unintelligible comments from the evaluation board. Ultimately, teachers must gather information from several sources, including pe...

In the context of internationalizing Borobudur as a destination for global Buddhist religious tourism this research aims to address the research questions: how does Borobudur's branding position it as a centre for the world's religions this study focuses on Borobudur’s branding in social media and content, social networks, social news, review sites...

Esai ini membahas upaya dalam mengembangkan citra Borobudur sebagai pusat religi dunia yang perlu menghindari eksklusivitas yang dapat membuat wisatawan non-Buddhis atau kelompok Buddhis tertentu merasa kurang terlibat. Pemetaan kegiatan budaya dan keagamaan yang inklusif menjadi penting untu mengakomodasi kepentingan lintas-komunitas, instansi, le...

Religious tourism is a rapidly growing sector in the global tourism industry, with religious destinations like Borobudur in Indonesia attracting attention from tourists worldwide. Social media has become a crucial tool in promoting and shaping the image of these tourist destinations to the general public. This study aims to examine how the image of...

An important moral quality that should be continuously developed is environmental awareness. Using examples of the practices stated in the literary resources has been proven to influence the quality of environmental awareness in the lives of people who read literature. Since 2016, the Language Development Center under the Indonesian Ministry of Edu...

The life and work of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, a prominent Buddhist activist and scholar, have not only left behind a lasting legacy of ideas and access to social justice for the Indian people, but also served as a source of inspiration for citizens across the globe. Regrettably, many young Indonesians, particularly those in the Buddhist community, are...

The name Kertarajasa College of Buddhism (STAB) was taken from the first king of the Majapahit Kingdom, namely Kertarajasa Jayawardana. It is hoped that the use of Kertarajasa’s name will enable STAB academics to emulate his leadership character. However, this name will lose its meaning if the younger generation, especially students, does not know...

Tradition and religion are often, on the one hand, used to legitimize conditions that are difficult for women, but on the other hand also offer values that elevate women's dignity and position, including in the case of polygamy. Throughout history many have spoken of the various negative consequences economically, psychologically, and socially expe...

The lack of inter-religion relations causes misconceptions that often lead to prejudice. Religious education from schools to higher education based on one religion alone is the cause of the low religion literacy of the other. Strict restrictions on openly discussing inter-religious topics under the pretext of SARA (Suku, Agama, Ras, dan Antargolong...

Using the self-study of teaching practice (S-STP), this research examines the process of inter-religious learning at Kertarajasa Buddhist College. The S-STP applied to this study is a potential alternative to answer many teaching challenges that were left out by other educational research approaches. Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the courses of int...

How is the life of the East Indonesia 'world' seen by a small Javanese women with her cosmopolitan glasses? Okky Madasari, the winner of the Equator Literary Award 2012, created a series of fantasy stories about the adventures of Mata, her mother and her imaginary friends as they explore areas far from the bustle of Jakarta. This article examines t...

Religious views of a community group are very influential in determining their attitudes and behavior towards nature and the environment. On the one hand, there is a worldview correlation that affects attitudes that are less friendly to nature as well as human superiority among other creatures that makes it feel entitled to exploit nature. On the o...

Keadilan sosial menghendaki persamaan derajat semua warga negara. Suku, agama, dan ras tidak seharusnya membatasi hak-hak individu di dalam masyarakat dan menjadi faktor yang menentukan kedudukan seseorang dalam stratifikasi sosial. Namun, pada kenyataannya, suku, agama, dan ras masih menjadi penyebab seseorang mengalami diskriminasi, bahkan bertin...

Abstrak: Tingkat keberagamaan diruang publik saat ini makin meningkat namun angka kekerasan di berbagai tingkat baik di masyarakat maupun individu juga makin menguak. Fenome yang merupakan paradox ini dapat disebabkan oleh kurangnya menghayatan nilai-nilai agama yang bersifat abstrak. Oleh karena itu perlu adanya variasi dalam pembelajaran agama un...

Masyarakat etnis Tionghoa di Indonesia masih sering mendapatkan perlakuan diskriminatif, menjadi sasaran ujaran kebencian, dan didegradasi peran sosial politiknya. Sentimen dan persepsi negatif terhadap etnis Tionghoa Indonesia berkembang sejalan dengan tumbuhnya citra negatif terhadap masyarakat China. Citra negatif ini begitu nyata dihembuskan se...

Puisi tidak hanya menjadi ekspresi jiwa perseorangan, tetapi refleksi pandangan dunia sebuah komunitas, termasuk komunitas keagamaan. Karenanya, karya sastra tidak dapat dilepaskan dari latar belakang sosial, ekonomi, politik, agama, dan keyakinan sang penulis. Puisi-puisi Buddhis mencerminkan penghayatan umat Buddhis terhadap Buddhadhamma yang tid...

Dampu Awang is a legendary figure who is always mentioned in various legends about Cheng Ho / Zheng He on Java. It is said that he was Cheng Ho himself or sometimes he was captain of the aircraft carrier Cheng Ho named Wang Ching Hong - whose tomb was in Semarang and known as Panembahan Dampu Awang or Kiyai Jurumudi - which in his story was believe...

Indonesian contemporary Buddhist literature is a reflection individual dhamma experiences in the context of their respective cultural and social settings as a minority in Indonesia. In this case, Buddhist literature reflects the appreciation of their dhamma in dealing with life problems, both in managing conflict or in efforts to build peace in acc...

Penyampaian pengetahuan tentang kuliner nusantara kepada anak sangatlah penting di tengah paparan konsumtif kuliner modern yang jauh dari citarasa tradisi. Oleh karena itu, dongeng mengenai kuliner nusantara pada buku cetakan dapat dijadikan sebagai media dan sumber pengetahuan bagi anak-anak untuk lebih mengenal dan berlanjut menikmati sajian kuli...

This study examines the perception of religious harmony in the Banyuwangi and Blitar communities, East Java. The aim is to find out about the level of acceptance of Banyuwangi and Blitar people on the reality of diversity of beliefs and religions in Indonesia. In addition, this paper also looks at how the attitudes of the two communities face vario...

Penelitian ini mengkaji persepsi keharmonisan beragama masyarakat Banyuwangi dan Blitar, Jawa Timur. Tujuannya adalah mengetahui bagaimana tingkat penerimaan masyarakat atas kenyataan keberagaman di Indonesia, khususnya dalam hal kehidupan beragama, dan bagaimana sikap masyarakat menghadapi berbagai dampak atas keberagaman agama tersebut demi mewuj...

Student evaluation of instruction is an important feedback for instructors to refine and improve the learning quality of a course. The free online survey, such as Survey Monkey can be used to collect the evaluation. There is display feature in the Survey Monkey that allow users to view the summary of data in form of tables and charts. The free acco...

Experiential learning is a powerful way to address the learning of academic writing skills. By relecting upon the experience of hands-on writing practices, students acquire new skills and make these skills become the part of their personal development. This mixed-method study describes the STAB Kertarajasa's students learning of academic writing us...

Bahasa dan kebudayaan saling berkaitan dan bergantung antara satu dengan yang lainnya. Oleh karena itu, pembelajaran bahasa juga merupakan pembelajaran budaya. Di Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages Indonesia Language Department, pembelajaran budaya terintegrasi dalam kurikulum pembelajaran bahasa. Aspek-aspek pembelajaran budaya mencak...

Makanan bukan hanya kebutuhan biologis mendasar manusia, namun juga merupakan situs kebudayaan yang menjadi medan pertarungan kekuasaan, identitas, sosial, dan kelas. Dunia makanan dan kulinernya adalah sebuah diskursus dan metafora kuasa, terlebih di bangsa-bangsa koloni pasca-kolonial. Novel Aruna dan Lidahnya karya Laksmi Pamuntjak merepresentas...

Teaching practice evaluation is generally carried out by the university assessment board using one-time walk-through class observation. Frequently, teachers received either affirmative or incomprehensible responses from the assessment board. Ultimately, when teachers want to alter their lessons and their teaching strategies, they have to derive inf...

This article argues that in order to deal with the increasing religious-chauvinism tendencies in divers of a plural world, we can learn from history about how Chinese Monks of the past who sought dhamma in the country of origin of Buddhism in India faced and negotiated with their "mleccha-ness" inferiority reality or ‘borderland complex’ in the fac...

Abstrak This article argues that in order to deal with the increasing religious-chauvinism tendencies in divers of a plural world, we can learn from history about how Chinese Monks of the past who sought dhamma in the country of origin of Buddhism in India faced and negotiated with their "mleccha-ness" inferiority reality or 'borderland complex' in...

Artikel ini berargumen bahwasanya untuk menghadapi semakin meningkatnya tendensi religius chauvinisme di dalam keberagamaan di dunia yang beragam kita dapat belajar dari sejarah, bagaimana para pendeta China di zaman lampau yang mencari dhamma di negeri asal buddhism di India menghadapi dan bernegosiasi dengan realitas inferioritas ke-mleccha- an m...

Paper ini akan dipresentasikan dalam Seminar Leksikografi Indonesia pada tanggal 1 - 3 Agustus 2018. (This paper will be presented in the Indonesia Lexicography Seminar, August 1-3, 2018)

Tujuan pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia secara umum adalah mampu menggunakan bahasa Indonesia sebagai alat komunikasi dengan berbagai konteksnya. Matakuliah Bahasa Indonesia di perguruan tinggi (PT) menjadi bekal bagi mahasiswa untuk mampu berkomunikasi dalam ruang lingkup ilmiah dengan latar belakang keilmuannya masing-masing.Untuk itu, di dalam mata...

Tujuan pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia secara umum adalah mampu menggunakan bahasa Indonesia sebagai alat komunikasi dengan berbagai konteksnya. Matakuliah Bahasa Indonesia di perguruan tinggi (PT) menjadi bekal bagi mahasiswa untuk mampu berkomunikasi dalam ruang lingkup ilmiah dengan latar belakang keilmuannya masing-masing.Untuk itu, di dalam mata...

Permasalahan intoleransi beragama yang semakin jelas dan brutal di kancah perpolitikan berbangsa dan bernegara semenjak era demokrasi reformasi menjadi tantangan utama yang mendesak untuk segera dicarikan solusi. Hal ini, sebagaimana penelitian SETARA (2016) dan Ma’arif Institute (2015) misalnya, dimungkinkan karena pendidikan agama di institusi pe...

Abstract Water is an important symbol in the religious tradition. More than just a symbol, water plays a vital role in life so it needs to be preserved. This research questions the categorical typology of water symbolism in Pitaka and the ecological behavior of the Indonesian Buddhists with respect to the water resources that become the symbols and...

The paper examines the audience’s response in consuming of religious representation in three Indonesian contemporary films: Ayat-Ayat Cinta (Verses of Love), 3 Doa 3 Cinta (3 Wishes 3 Loves), and Perempuan Berkalung Sorban (Woman with a Scarf Around her Neck). By examining the audience’s response in media, particularly through electronic delivery,...

Through the anthropological literature approach, thispaper not only discusses the practices of Buddhism values contained in the Indonesian Buddhist contemporary short stories, but also examine the relationship between literature and culture, especially to observe how literature express the values of Buddhism in and pass it on. This paper will descr...

The Role of Children Buddhist Songs in Cultivating Moral Values in Buddhist Sunday School Latifah STAB Kertarajasa efi_latifah@yahoo.com A. Budiyanto Brawijaya University, Anthropology arybudhi@ub.ac.id ; ary91budhi@gmail.com Metta Puspita Samaggi Viriya Vihara ABSTRACT Music became a major activity in achieving the goals of early childhood e...

The view that rebirth as a woman is the result of bad karma has caused problems for the realization of gender equality in Buddhist families and societies. Differences of interpretation of doctrine and practice exist in Asian Buddhist communities, but a gender imbalance in social praxis remains very strong. The roots of this view can be traced to el...

This paper depicts how religion plays a role in solving environmental problem, As C. Wright Mills mentioned as “formation of politics”, religion has a capacity to enforce community formation and mobilize agencies to achieve a purpose, to save the Mother Earth. Religion awakening in developing religious concern about environmental protection in thei...