%A . Zuhri %J Refleksi : Jurnal Filsafat dan Pemikiran Islam %T Ilmu Kalam: Perspektif Ibn Khaldun %X Ibn Khaldoo's chief contribution lies in philosophy of history and sociology, but in his many writings, he come to discuss on Islamic theology. As shown in this article, Ibn Khaldun has certain prespective on Kalam as a kind of rational elaboration toward Islam. His defme Kalam as a creative tension between syari'ah and philosophy. His masterpiece, Muqaddimah covers the historical development of kalam and the different schools of Islamic thought Ibn Khaldun also covers the historical development of Islamic logic in the context of theology, as he viewed logic as being distinct from early Islamic philosophy, and believed that philosophy should remain separate from theology. Keywords: 'llm Kalam, 'llm Ilahi}yat, episteme %N 1 %K 'llm Kalam, 'llm Ilahi}yat, episteme %P 17-36 %V 13 %D 2013 %I Jurusan Filsafat Agama Fakultas Ushuluddin dan Pemikiran Islam %L digilib29287