Burhani, Ahmad Najib. 2013. "Transmission of Islamic Reform from the United States to Indonesia: Studying Fazlur Rahman’s legacy through the works of Ahmad Syafii Maarif". Indonesia and the Malay World, Vol. 41, No. 119: 29-47.
Abstract
The role of American Muslim scholars, particularly Fazlur Rahman, in Islamic reformism in Indonesia in the latter part of the 20th century though significant was often neglected by scholars. This article intends to study the process of transmission and the implementation of Rahman's Islamic reformism by Ahmad Syafii Maarif. It attempts to answer the following questions: How did Maarif contextualise Islamic reform introduced by Rahman in the socio-cultural context of Indonesia? How did he implement Rahman's ideas and his overriding concern for the ethics of the Qur'an for the solving social problems of Indonesia? Rahman also engaged at discursive and academic levels, while Maarif, when talking about the Qur'an, is more an activist than a scholar. How then does Maarif bridge the difference between hermeneutical theories of the ethics of the Qur'an and social realities? This article analyses the activities and the works of Maarif in three different areas: national and state issues, interfaith relations, and intra-religious relations. The emphasis here is on how Maarif, inspired by Rahman's methodology and perspective, reveals the meaning and significance of the ethics of the Qur'an in dealing with injustice, corruption and exploitation, religious discrimination, and religious radicalism in Indonesia.
Author biographies
Ahmad Najib Burhani is a PhD candidate in Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His academic interests include Islamic movements in Southeast Asia and religious minorities with Islamic origin such as Ahmadiyya, Ismàili, Baha'i Faith, Yazidi, and Druze. Email: najib27@yahoo.com
Available from: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108/13639811.2012.750097?journalCode=cimw20
Abstract
The role of American Muslim scholars, particularly Fazlur Rahman, in Islamic reformism in Indonesia in the latter part of the 20th century though significant was often neglected by scholars. This article intends to study the process of transmission and the implementation of Rahman's Islamic reformism by Ahmad Syafii Maarif. It attempts to answer the following questions: How did Maarif contextualise Islamic reform introduced by Rahman in the socio-cultural context of Indonesia? How did he implement Rahman's ideas and his overriding concern for the ethics of the Qur'an for the solving social problems of Indonesia? Rahman also engaged at discursive and academic levels, while Maarif, when talking about the Qur'an, is more an activist than a scholar. How then does Maarif bridge the difference between hermeneutical theories of the ethics of the Qur'an and social realities? This article analyses the activities and the works of Maarif in three different areas: national and state issues, interfaith relations, and intra-religious relations. The emphasis here is on how Maarif, inspired by Rahman's methodology and perspective, reveals the meaning and significance of the ethics of the Qur'an in dealing with injustice, corruption and exploitation, religious discrimination, and religious radicalism in Indonesia.
Author biographies
Ahmad Najib Burhani is a PhD candidate in Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His academic interests include Islamic movements in Southeast Asia and religious minorities with Islamic origin such as Ahmadiyya, Ismàili, Baha'i Faith, Yazidi, and Druze. Email: najib27@yahoo.com
Available from: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108/13639811.2012.750097?journalCode=cimw20
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