Kritik Pemikiran Richard C. Martin dalam Studi Agama dan Relevansinya dengan Studi Islam di Indonesia
Abstrak: Islamic studies
periodically has become more mature than other period before. In western
countries, the matter of this study becomes so popular in the scope of
religious scholars. In this regard, the fact is that the discourses of Islamic
studies are needed to response any problems, challenges that comes ahead. For
Islamic studies variety of scientific approach and method develops due to the
emerged multiple perspectives, tendency and orientation externalized from each
methodologist. This scheme is actually prompted various methodological problems
in relation with paradigm, method and phenomenology. This paper is trying to
trace and find two pivotal things which become the basic idea of Richard
Martin's thoughts. First is about the main description of Richard martin in
relation with Islamic studies and second is methodological insight presented by
martin in terms of Islamic studies. The keyword of Richard C. Martin’s ideas is
“Data Fields”. It plays as a constructive criticism for Islamic Studies. His
view maintains the issues on religious studies and the responds of Muslim
writers. It also touches the themes of scripture and prophet, ritual and
community, religion and society, scholarship and interpretation, challenge and
criticism.
Penulis: Sokhi Huda
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd140348
