Religious Moderation Reviewed from the Aspect of Spiritual Leadership and Diversity Activities of Madrasah Aliyah Teachers in Southeast Sulawesi

Abstract

This study aims to prove the influence of spiritual leadership and religious activities on religious moderation. Of the One Hundred and Seventy-Six teachers as the unit of analysis, the data is analyzed using path analysis after all variables are entered into the Covariance matrix. The results of the study showed that there was a direct influence and indirect influence of: 1) the direct influence of spiritual leadership on religious moderation by 0.25 or 25% 2) the direct influence of religious activities on religious moderation by 0.33 or 33%; 3) the direct influence of spiritual leadership on religious activities is 0.28 or 28% and 4) the indirect influence of spiritual leadership on religious moderation through religious activities with a Sobel value of 2.869 and a t-count of 6.218 greater than the t-table of 1.974. Based on the findings of this study, it can be concluded that any change regarding the increase in religious moderation of teachers is influenced by the effectiveness of spiritual leadership and the increase in religious activities. Therefore, these two variables can be considered in creating and increasing the religious moderation of Madrasah Aliyah teachers.