Abstract
This paper aims to evaluate puritanism in formulating Islamic laws through the lens of prophetic social science approach. The prophetic social science approach, as an Indonesian historian Kuntowijoyo argues, offers a new perspective in understanding the position of religion in society. It calls for theoanthropocentric, in contrast to theocentric, approach to study religion, thus suggesting a contextualized interpretation of religion. This approach is essential in formulating Islamic laws, while reserving also as a criticism to theocentricism that leads to Islamic puritanism. This article will contribute to the discussion on Islamic legal paradigm as epistemic field as to which theoanthropocentrical reserves as analytical tool to demystify puritanism in formulating Islamic law. In so doing, the article offers to essential elements of formulating Islamic laws: the transformation from theocentric to theoanthropocentric approach and the contextualization of Islamic laws.
Highlights
This paper aims to evaluate puritanism in formulating Islamic laws through the lens of prophetic social science approach
The prophetic social science approach, as an Indonesian historian Kuntowijoyo argues, offers a new perspective in understanding the position of religion in society. It calls for theoanthropocentric, in contrast to theocentric, approach to study religion, suggesting a contextualized interpretation of religion. This approach is essential in formulating Islamic laws, while reserving as a criticism to theocentricism that leads to Islamic puritanism
This article will contribute to the discussion on Islamic legal paradigm as epistemic field as to which theoanthropocentrical reserves as analytical tool to demystify puritanism in formulating Islamic law
Summary
The contemporary trends at the era of post reformation indicate to a shift in Indonesian Muslim religiosity towards puritanism. The indicators include: bombings, physical violence and discourse in the name of religion, the emergence of radical religious movements, and a series of controversial fatwa.. The indicators include: bombings, physical violence and discourse in the name of religion, the emergence of radical religious movements, and a series of controversial fatwa.1 These phenomena are mostly related to Islamic laws, i.e. in the field of mu’amalah (non-worship) laws. Islamic laws are believed to be normatively understood and they are used as the confirmation of the most genuine religious identity. As a result, they become very potential to trigger the horizontal conflicts or even they are politicized to reach the ambition of irresponsible parties
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