Al Qur'an is interpreted in different ways and approaches. Progressive Muslims, for instance, pay attention to three themes, namely social justice, gender equality, and pruralism. They propose their arguments based on the fundamental understading from [al Hijr/15:29 Sad/38:71, and an Nahl/16:90], namely: 1)every human being has the same intrinsic glory, 2)the main mission of human presence in t…
Sebagaimana tercatat dalam sejarah panjangnya, pluralism agama dipahami dan diterima dengan cara yang beragam. Elusidasi atas pluralisme agama pada era posmodernisme tampaknya menjadi sesuatu yang niscaya, karena pluralism agama memiliki lebih dari satu macam interpretasi. Pluralism agama kerap kali dipandang sama artinya dengan pluralitas, inklusifitas, dan relitifisme agama. Tulisan ini berup…
The change of social structure is indicated by the change of family structure traditional family structure to modern one. Any kinds of family structure need its members knowledge, understanding, loyality bound, and tolerance. This article is about to describe local wisdom found in Madurese literarture, particularly how it is applied in daily life. It shows that the member of family must posess …
The dynamic motion and development of science and praxis of communication cannot be separated from the point of paradigm that builds and ruins them. The paper intends to identify the complexity, the inter-determination, and the interdisciplinary of communication, which characterize the dynamics and the issue to the science of communication itself. The attention, criticism and deconstruction of …
At the outset scientific knowledge was designed to solve human life problem. But in fact, it has influenced many negative effects for world civilization. The negative effects are not only material aspect, but also for value aspect. The problem of value will present an ethical problem to post-modern society. Post-modern society always thinks that scientific knowledge is based on specific values,…