Bagaimana Generasi Fikih Indonesia Mendatang?

Judul Buku : Muslim Legal Thought in Modern Indonesia
Penulis         : R. Michael Feener
Penerbit      : Cambridge University Press
Tahun terbit : 2007
Halaman     : 290 halaman
ISBN-10      : 052187775X
Jamak maklum bahwa persoalan kemanusiaan dari waktu ke waktu semakin rumit. Mengandalkan perangkat epistemologi dan produk pemikiran lama tentu tidak cukup untuk menjawab. Pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi yang mengarah pada lahirnya ide-ide brilian [...]

It is constructed by interrelated factors

A review of Michael Gilsenan, Recognizing Islam: An Anthropologist’s Introduction, London: Croon Helm, 1982.
written by M.L. Fauzi
A number of stories from his own experience of visiting Arab countries (Yemen, Egypt, and Lebanon) are evidence of how the meanings of Islam in a society are constructed and influenced by interrelated factors. Social classes, economic conditions, and [...]

Study of Muslim societies instead of Islamic studies

A review of Asef Bayat, “The Use and Abuse of ‘Muslim Societies’”, ISIM Newsletter, no 13, December 2003, p. 5.
written by M.L. Fauzi
As the written title, Bayat generally explores the term of `Muslim societies` which not only refers to both a `particular` culture and geographical area of the world but can serve as a useful [...]

Starting from the concept of a discursive tradition

A review of Talal Asad, The Idea of an Anthropology of Islam, Occasional papers, Washington D.C.: Ctr. for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown, 1986
written by M.L. Fauzi
Talal Asad begins his writing by raising some fundamental questions about anthropology of Islam at both the ontology and the epistemological level. The former one relates to the definition of [...]