Research Article
The phenomenon of the Celebrity Preachers and the Awakening of the Religious Spirit of Millennial Generation in Indonesia
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.1-10-2019.2291699, author={A S Rustan and S J Amin and M Haramain and Nurhakki Nurhakki}, title={The phenomenon of the Celebrity Preachers and the Awakening of the Religious Spirit of Millennial Generation in Indonesia}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Islamic Studies, AICIS 2019, 1-4 October 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={AICIS}, year={2020}, month={2}, keywords={celebrity prechers millennial young generation da’wah social medi television media}, doi={10.4108/eai.1-10-2019.2291699} }- A S Rustan
S J Amin
M Haramain
Nurhakki Nurhakki
Year: 2020
The phenomenon of the Celebrity Preachers and the Awakening of the Religious Spirit of Millennial Generation in Indonesia
AICIS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.1-10-2019.2291699
Abstract
This article aimed to examine the phenomenon of celebrity preachers and the religious revival of the urban millennial generation. Nowadays, celebrity preacher is a phenomenon that crowds the public space in Indonesia, especially in the information and technology media. The appearance of young, handsome, and classy preachers has influenced the world of da'wah among millennial youth in this country. Either aware or not, the awakening of this religious celebrity has changed the way of the young millennial generation in seeing life, especially the religious life of the motherland. It seems that the current millennial generation prefers instantaneous, instant religious information, rather than systematic learning through formal educational institutions, such as pesantren and other religious schools. On one hand, this phenomenon is a positive trend. But on the other hand, it needs to be a concern of all parties, that in the future it is necessary to prepare young preachers who truly understand religion profoundly so that it does not seem just a mere spectacle and ignores the guidance. This phenomenon of celebrity preachers is reminiscent of the relevance and significance of "preachers certification” which some time ago was echoed by the ministry of religion. Of course, this becomes important to keep this religion truly well understood and profoundly.