The Elementary Forms Of Religious Life Reflected In Eric Weiner’s Man Seeks God (2011): Sociological Approach

Prawinda Sari, Ervilia and -, Yeny Prastiwi, S. Pd., M. Hum., Ph.d (2021) The Elementary Forms Of Religious Life Reflected In Eric Weiner’s Man Seeks God (2011): Sociological Approach. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta.

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Abstract

Man Seeks God is a novel created by Eric Weiner which tells the author's journey to find God by exploring the eight explore the eight religion in the world. The writer is interested to analyze this novel to tells how a man finds his faith by the journey that he made and come across many religions from the others countries. The purposes of the study are: 1) to find out the journey of Eric Weiner in seeks of god depicted in the novel; 2) to find out the elementary forms of religious life reflected in the journey of Eric Weiner reviewed from sociological approach; 3) to find out how the problems faced by Eric Weiner on his journey to seeks of God. The writer applies the qualitative research method in conducting the research. The primary data source of the study is “Man Seeks God” novel by Eric Weiner (2011), which refined and rewritten with the title: Geography of Faith (2016). Documentation, library, browsing method, and notes taking techniques are method to collect the data. Analysis of the data uses the descriptive qualitative technique about collecting the data, reducing, displaying, than verifying and conclusion. The result of study shows that: 1) Eric Weiner's journey to seek God started from Sufis with love of God, then meditated in Tibet, serve with the Franciscans in New York, having fun with the Raelians, then practicing his chi with the Taoists in China. Back in the US, he coiled up with the Wicca witches and animal trances with the followers of Shamanism. At the end of the trip, he returned at the Kabbalah ritual in Jerusalem. Weiner constructs God is all good things; 2) All of the 8 religions described in the novel, there are similarities in the fundamentals of religious life which require humans to worship (rituals), love themselves, do good to others and do not concern themselves with personal interests. Religion teaches how to worship God and teaches goodness in social life. A good religion is also a religion that makes human beings higher; 3) Weiner on his way encountered various problems: he did not find a suitable answer to answer who God is. Weiner also felt anxious about having to follow a shamanic ritual to become an animal spirit. The Jews too were too much with rules. The answer to overcoming this problem Weiner wrote an inspiring sentence: “Bad religion takes us down. Good religion exalts us, makes us better than we think or maybe better than we can imagine.

Item Type:	Karya ilmiah (Skripsi)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	seeks of god journey, elementary forms, sociological approach, Man Seeks God novel
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	ERVILIA PRAWINDA SARI
Date Deposited:	09 Jun 2021 07:24
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2021 07:24
URI:	http://eprints.ums.ac.id/id/eprint/91763

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