KONFIGURASI DAN TRANSFORMASI KEHIDUPAN BERAGAMA GENERASI MUDA PEDESAAN Studi Kasus Generasi Muda Desa Pakiskembar Kecamatan Pakis Kabupaten Malang Jawa Timur

This research aimed at describing a change in the religious life of young generation of Pakiskembar Village, Pakis Sub district, Malang Re­ gency, East Java, because of the influence of electrical technology introduced into village. The description comprised a change in the form of a variety of beliefs, a change in the religious service aspect, and a change in social aspect. The finding of this research was electricity introduced into the village brought specific changes into the religious life of young generation. A change in the belief aspect tended towards irrational belief which increasingly reduced, which meant rasional though increasingly rose. A part of change in religious service aspect tended toward a rise, and another part tended towards a reduction. Activities of reciting Al-Qur 'an at home underwent a change toward a reduction. Activities of reciting Al-Qur'an at the mosque/musala in month of Ramadan did not change. Participation in taraveeh and tadarus Al-Qur 'an in the month of Ramadan rose. Activities of performing congregational prayers at mosque/musala reduced. Activities of Friday prayer, Eid-ul-Fitr prayer, and janaza (funeral) prayer did not change. Changes in the social aspect were various enough. Within the social­ relegious group/organization in the village level, a rise in the number of members occurred; participation of the young generation in this activity rose. Relegious education institution and the participation of young generation of the young generation in this institution did not change. Various kinds of activities of PHBI rose and participation of the young generation also increasingly rose. The habit of talking to older people changed, namely after electricity introduced into the vil­ lage the young generation seemed not familiar enough with older people, that they lacked of respect for older people, and there was impression that they preferred to use Indonesian language, wich meant they started to leave behind their local vernacular which was full of ethics of  personality or of good manner towards older people. There was a changein dressing. although it was still normal, they still dressed in Moslem dress.