Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies
Vol 1, No 1 (2011): Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies

A survey on the development of Islamic higher education in Indonesia: an epistemological review




Article Info

Publish Date
16 May 2014

Abstract

Social changes, development and advancement of humans’ culture influence educationas inseparable aspect of human life. In line with Islamic higher educationmany thinkers proposed their ideas of how to formulate its appropriate epistemologicalbackground in different views. There are some notable persons forthis field, such as Iqbal, Fazlur Rahman, Afzalur Rahman, Al-Faruqi which tosome extent parallel or influence Indonesian thinkers’ such as Mukti Ali, HarunNasution, Cak Nur, Amin Abdullah, etc. Some are still at the level of speculativethought, while others have applied their ideas in educational institutions, likeAmin Abdullah and Imam Suprayoga.Perubahan sosial, perkembangan dan kemajuan kebudayaan umat manusiamemengaruhi pendidikan yang merupakan bidang yang tak terpisahkan darikehidupan manusia itu sendiri. Dalam hal pendidikan tinggi Islam, para pemikirmengajukan berbagai gagasan mereka tentang bagaimana merumuskan dasardasarepistemologinya yang paling tepat. Ada beberapa tokoh pemikir pentingyang perlu dicatat (dari luar negeri) dalam hal ini seperti Iqbal, Fazlur Rahman, Afzalur Rahman, al-Faruqi, yang dalam batas tertentu secara paralel ataumemengaruhi para pemikir Indonesia seperti Mukti Ali, Harun Nasution, Cak Nur,Amin Abdullah dan Imam Suprayoga. Sebagian dari pemikir tersebut masih padadataran pemikiran spekulatif, sementara yang lain sudah mengaktualisasikannyadalam implementasi kelembagaan pendidikan tinggi Islam, seperti Amin Abdullahdan Imam Suprayoga.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijims

Publisher

Subject

Religion Arts Humanities

Description

Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies (IJIMS): This journal should coverage Islam both as a textual tradition with its own historical integrity and as a social reality which was dynamic and constantly changing. The journal also aims at bridging the gap between the textual and contextual ...