Islamic Theology: an Epistemological Criticism

Sirait, Sangkot (2014) Islamic Theology: an Epistemological Criticism. Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 4 (No. 21). pp. 20-28. ISSN 2225-0484

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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.

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