The Historical Dynamics and Evolution of Islamic Educational Thought from the Classical to the Modern Era: Implications for Contemporary Education
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https://doi.org/10.66052/xaeekd15Keywords:
Islamic Thought, Islamic History, Classical, Modern, Contemporary.Abstract
This article aims to explain the historical dynamics and evolution of Islamic thought from the classical to the modern phase, as well as show how the old intellectual heritage still works in today's Islamic reading. The method in this article is a literature review with a descriptive-critical approach to Indonesian journal articles in the last five years that discuss contemporary interpretation, modern Sufism, Islamic education reform, Ibn Khaldun's pragmatism, Nurcholish Madjid's secularization, and Gus Dur's post-secularism. The brief results of the study show, first, Islamic thought moved from a classical orientation that emphasized harmony between Sufism, fiqh, and morals to modernization that emphasized ijtihad, rationality, and educational reform. Second, contemporary thought expands the horizon to issues of gender, democracy, moderation, and religion-state relations. The novelty of this article is to read the evolution of Islamic thought as a continuation of the dialogue between tradition and renewal, not as a break from history.
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