Formation of Religious Culture Based on Information Technology in Pesantren

Pesantren is an Islamic educational institution that has distinctive characteristics, which is a deeply religious culture. However, along with the industrial revolution 4.0 that brought influence in various aspects of this life, pesantren should face problems, one of which is the erosion of its religious culture. Therefore, pesantren needs to address widely the unavoidable development of information technology, giving new color to religious culture in pesantren that is strongly nuanced but up-to-date Islamic teachings. This paper seeks to examine the formation of religious culture based on information technology that can provide an alternative in facing the problem. A multidisciplinary perspective, namely social, economic and psychological, are used in the analysis. The research method was a literature review with a content data analysis. The results of the study include: 1) Religious values that can be developed through the religious culture based on information technology in pesantren include divinity, humanity, and nationality; 2) The implementation of the religious culture based on information technology in a multidisciplinary perspective showed that a) a social perspective can be done by developing students’ skills through communication and information media; b) an economic perspective by developing entrepreneurial skills based on information technology; c) a psychological perspective by tazkiyah al-nafs.