Ekoteologi dan Habitus Religius: Kajian Teoretis atas Transformasi Nilai Lingkungan Dalam Dakwah Islam

Abstract

The escalating environmental crisis demands responses that extend beyond technical solutions to encompass ethical and spiritual awareness. This study aims to explain how Islamic ecotheology serves as the foundation for developing ecological awareness and how its ecological values are internalized through the formation of an ecological religious habitus across various Islamic preaching (da'wah) settings and socio-religious practices. This research employs a qualitative conceptual approach using library research as the primary data collection method. The data were analyzed through descriptive-analytical and comparative-conceptual approaches to examine the relationship between the core principles of Islamic ecotheology -tawḥīd, āyāt, khalīfah, amānah, ʿadl, and mīzān, and Pierre Bourdieu's concept of habitus in shaping sustainable ecological behavior. The findings indicate that the integration of theological values with social practices fosters ecological awareness that transcends normative understanding and becomes internalized as an ecological religious habitus, manifested in concrete actions to preserve environmental sustainability. Various Islamic da'wah settings, including majelis taklim (Islamic study circles), mosques, Islamic boarding schools (pesantren), families, and religious communities, function as arenas for the internalization of ecological values and the reproduction of an ecological religious habitus that extends into domestic life and across generations. This study proposes a conceptual framework integrating Islamic ecotheology with Pierre Bourdieu's theory of habitus as a foundation for developing an ecologically oriented da'wah model that emphasizes collective habituation, value transformation, and religious practices committed to environmental sustainability.