Pengabdian Partisipatif dan Transformasi Nilai Keagamaan: Studi Moderasi Beragama di Gampong Lot Bener Kelipah Kecamatan Bener Kelipah Aceh

Abstract

This study examines the role of participatory community service in encouraging the transformation of moderation-based religious values ​​in Gampong Lot Bener Kelipah. Amidst increasing conservatism and polarization of religious identities, strengthening the value of moderation is crucial, particularly in village communities that still uphold local authority and inherited religious traditions. The approach used was Participatory Action Research (PAR) with qualitative ethnographic methods. The results show that participatory community service, involving religious leaders, youth, and village officials, is able to strengthen the internalization of religious moderation values ​​collectively and contextually. The Meunasah serves as a center for spiritual development as well as a space for social dialogue, where the concept of imarah (mosque prosperity) is a key strategy in cultivating wasathiyah values. Religious education in the village takes place in various forms, both formal and informal, with an ethnopedagogical approach that combines local wisdom and religious values. Social harmony is created through respect for diversity, the application of customary law, and the community's tolerance of religious and cultural differences. This research confirms that sustainable transformation of religious values ​​can only be achieved through participatory collaboration that places the community as the primary subject in the process of social change. This study is expected to serve as a model for implementing local community-based religious moderation.