Abstract
Nowadays, religious pluralism (pluralistic multiculturalism) in Indonesia is proliferating. Universitas Paramadina is allegedly a university where Nur Cholis Madjid (Cak Nur) fosters religious pluralism ideology through the curriculum of pluralistic multiculturalism-based philosophy and religious studies programs. This is proven normatively through the curriculum policies in the Philosophy and Religious Studies Programs based on the Decree of the Paramadina Rector Number SKEP-006a/Rek/UPM/I/2008. Those curriculum policies contained the Lecture Program Unit (Syllabus) and the Outline of Teaching Program. They were also allegedly that religious pluralism was taught in one of its courses named the Seminar on Madjid’s Thought. The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze: The implementation of a pluralistic multiculturalism-based philosophy and religious studies program curriculum policy at Universitas Paramadina. The results revealed that the implementation of pluralistic multiculturalism-based philosophy and religious studies programs at Universitas Paramadina used Grindle theory as a grand theory. Normatively, Universitas Paramadina has not been proven to develop, spread, and teach religious pluralism. This means that the policies of the philosophy and religious studies program curriculum are not based on pluralistic multiculturalism but instead based on Islam of the Archipelago. That means a new concept is open, analytical, and critical to building the character of independent thinking in the fields of Islam, Indonesia, and Modernity. Moreover, field data show that Madjid never taught religious pluralism but a plurality. It means the attributes or character of Paramadina’s lecturers and students to understand religious diversity without the belief that all religions are equally true. This is the cause of “misperception” between religious pluralism and plurality for the younger generation/successors (lecturers and students) of Universitas Paramadina. After Madjid died, the younger generation/successor misinterpreted religious pluralism with this plurality, so students did not understand the core meaning of religious pluralism and plurality.
Highlights
Nowadays, pluralism, especially in the field of religion, is increasingly widespread and developing both at the international and local levels
Research Focus Basically, the focus of this research has two main functions:First, to classify data using exclusive and inclusive criteria for information in the field, so that it can facilitate researchers in making the right decisions about the various data.Second, to limit the field of study.This means that the focus of research can be used to make a frame with specific instruments, items, or indicators of the object so that the course of the research process is avoided from the collection and interpretation of biased data.Indicators of the focus of this research are: The implementation of curriculum policies on pluralistic multiculturalism-based philosophy and religious studies programs at Universitas Paramadina is measured using the following indicators: A
According to Oemar Hamalik (2003), the curriculum is some courses students must take to obtain a diploma.In specific environments or relationships, this understanding is still used until today.In the new view, the curriculum has a different understanding, which initially emphasizes the content becomes more stressing on the learning experience.Research findings on the implementation of Pluralistic Multiculturalism-based Philosophy and Religious Studies Programs Curriculum Policy at Universitas Paramadina are based on Paramadina Rector’s Decree NumberSKEP-006a/Rek/UPM/I/2008.The word “pluralistic multiculturalism” is a substitute for the word “religious pluralism.”The use of the word “pluralistic multiculturalism” aims to be understood by lecturers and students at Universitas Paramadina
Summary
Pluralism, especially in the field of religion, is increasingly widespread and developing both at the international and local levels. The thought of religious pluralism by Nurcholish Madjid (Madjid), an Islamic renewal figure, is as follows: every religion is an legitimate way to achieve the same truth or an understanding that teaches all religions is the same before God, and the truth of every religion is relative.every religious person must not admit that only his/her religion is true, while others are wrong (Husaini, 2008:10). Observing the reasons of the MUI, stating that religious pluralism is very contrary to Islam and forbidden for Muslims is because: (1) The Qur’an has stated that:“Whoever seeks other than Islam as a religion, it will not be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers (QS.Ali Imran:85) and “Religion with Allah is Islam” (QS.Ali Imran:). Observing the reasons of the MUI, stating that religious pluralism is very contrary to Islam and forbidden for Muslims is because: (1) The Qur’an has stated that:“Whoever seeks other than Islam as a religion, it will not be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers (QS.Ali Imran:85) and “Religion with Allah is Islam” (QS.Ali Imran:19). (2) Prophet Muhammad’s says:“For the sake of the One who rules over Muhammad’s soul, no one, neither Jew nor Christian, hears about me from this Islamic ummah, he dies in a state of disbelief in the teachings that I am carrying (Islam) unless he will be a dweller of hell.”(HR Muslim). (3) The Word of God in Surah Fatihah teaches Muslims always pray to be on the straight path not on the path of wrath by Allah and not in the way of those who are lost.
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