Atthulab: Islamic Religion Teaching and Learning Journal
Vol 10 No 2 (2025): Atthulab: Islamic Religion Teaching and Learning Journal

Aligning Humanistic Psychology and Islamic Education: A Theoretical Dialogue between Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

Dewi, Maylani Rahmawati (Unknown)
Fauzi, Amin (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Dec 2025

Abstract

Contemporary Islamic education faces the challenge of addressing students’ psychological needs while preserving its moral and theological foundations amid the growing influence of Western humanistic psychology. This study critically examines the theoretical relationship between the humanistic psychology of Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow and Islamic education through a philosophical dialogue approach. Using qualitative library research, the study analyzes 54 reputable sources published between 2021 and 2025 and indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, and SINTA. The analysis employs thematic reduction and integrative synthesis to identify convergences, tensions, and mechanisms of conceptual reconstruction. The findings indicate that humanistic principles such as empathy, learner-centered learning, and intrinsic motivation possess strong pedagogical relevance but require a transcendental value framework to avoid normative limitations. Through critical reconstruction, self-actualization is reoriented toward the formation of the complete human being, while unconditional positive regard is reframed within the ethical principle of enjoining good and forbidding evil. The study concludes that the Islamic–humanistic framework functions as a pedagogical bridge between psychosocial well-being and spiritual objectives, with broader implications for SDG 4 and SDG 16.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

atthulab

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Subject

Religion Education

Description

Atthulab: Islamic Religion Teaching and Learning Journal merupakan Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Keguruan UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung yang bertujuan untuk mewadahi para dosen, para peneliti dan pendidik Agama Islam di sekolah/madrasah dalam mempublikasikan hasil penelitian ...