Not long after introducing the term, Robert Putnam (2000) expanded and simplified the theories on social capital by simply defining it as “connections among individuals, social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them”. Both, Bourdieu and Coleman emphasized the importance of social ties and shared norms to improve and maintain the society wellbeing and economic efficiency. What make this community and their activism interesting to be highlighted in this essay is how theories of social capital as proposed by Pierre Bourdieu (1970) and James Coleman (1988) can be seen at work, applied through religious youth forum in order to combat and confront a secular symptom. In sum, FLP is ‘a community that actively writing and publishing works of Islamic Literature’. NORI or Novel Remaja Islami (Islamic teen novels) is a term referred to the works of authors under the auspices of a loosely tied community named Forum Lingkar Pena (mention next as FLP). Recently, a very interesting development in Indonesian literary climate is the emergence of Islamic teen novels. Keywords: Indonesian literature cerpen koran short stories Seno Gumira Ajidarma Islam universal humanism" This deployment expressed a universal humanism and was in three cases set within Islamic parameters and worldviews. The authors used spiritual motifs, folklore and marvellous imagery that subvert a rigid worldview in defence of tolerance, pluralism and freedom of faith. No other trend was thematised in the sample. The analysis reveals that those stories address the continuing trend of the rise of formal, political Islam and increasing religious intolerance.
That story is then linked by thematic association to short stories found in a thumbnail survey of the newspapers Kompas and Jawa Pos. An overview of developments in the short story, and how these constitute the formation of a canon where short stories published in newspapers (cerpen koran) sets the standard for the genre, ends with an analysis of a recent award-winning short story by Seno Gumira Ajidarma. "This article explores, from humanistic and sociological perspectives, how recent short stories (cerpen) in two leading Indonesian newspapers address continuing socio-political trends.
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