The Concept of Civil Religion in Textbooks Pancasila and Civic Education at High School Level

Abstract

Civil religion is a concept that originally emerged in the 17th century and was coined by a French scientist named Jean Jaques Rousseau in his book entitled the social contract. This is what inspired Robert N. Bellah to write the concept of civil religion, and then the concepts put forward by Bellah became the main reference for sociologists of religion to describe the concept of civil religion in their respective countries. In Indonesia itself, Pancasila is considered a civil religion in Indonesia. This comes from the writings of Yudi Latif who declared Pancasila to be a civil religion. So that Pancasila becomes an umbrella for the diversity of religions that exist in Indonesia. Before implementing the values of Pancasila as a civil religion, it is very important that the contents of this civil religion be taught to students at the formal school level, especially at the high school level. This article will look for the contents of the concept of civil religion in the Pancasila and citizenship education textbooks at the high school level. The method used in this research is content analysis by borrowing a concept from Robert N Bellah. The results of this research are that the concept of civil religion is most often found in class 11 students' textbooks, out of 7 chapters, there is only 1 chapter where the concept of civil religion is not found.