eprintid: 25457
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creators_name: Sirait, Sangkot
title: Islamic Theology: an Epistemological Criticism
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subjects: AgFil
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full_text_status: public
keywords: Theology, Methods, Postmodernism
abstract: The purpose of epistemology is to question what is knowledge and how to acquire its nature as well as to
question the validity of knowledge. The Islamic theology is a main source of Muslim’s knowledge stemming
from revelation. A method of acquiring knowledge is by involving language games, while its truth is regarded
as an absolute truth with a more logical verification. Such an epistemological structure countains some foul,
especially when we make religion as a means to solve social problems, such as poverty, disrespecting plurality,
environmental disaster, or social conflicts. Therefore a Muslim is obliged to review all aspects of Islamic
theology by borrowing social sciences, methods to explain a religious phenomenon. Then, he or she tries to
reformulate a new structure of Islamic theology in accordance with modern development. Some of ‘mending’
offered herein are a question of what is a community role to formulate a faith as well as a need of holistic
epistemology form, and even of a non-foundational theology which did not justify certain faiths.
Keywords: Theology, Methods, Postmodernism.
date: 2014-01-03
date_type: published
publication: Research on Humanities and Social Sciences
volume: Vol. 4
number: No. 21
publisher: IISTE
pagerange: 20-28
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2225-0484
citation:   Sirait, Sangkot  (2014) Islamic Theology: an Epistemological Criticism.  Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 4 (No. 21).  pp. 20-28.  ISSN 2225-0484     
document_url: https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/25457/1/Sangkot%20Sirait%20-%20Islamic%20Theology%20an.pdf