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ISSN : 27226336     EISSN : 27233855     DOI : Prefix 10.26593
FOCUS or FOCUS: Theological Studies is an open-access journal covering multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and trans-disciplinary studies of religion in the field of theology. Theology is a field of study that examines logically the doctrines of faith in religions that are connected to the context of the problems of contemporary society in this world. This theological study, first, is transformative theology which is empirical scientific reflection. Second, it is contemporary theology that has an actual and solution role in contemporary social reality. Therefore, the focus and scope of publication of FOCUS are based on rigorous research, accountable methodologies, and new findings based on good scientific ethical standards in the disciplines of the study of religions in the field of theology.
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Ziarah: Mencari Satu Imaji dari Seribu Imaji-Nya : Sahabat, Imaji Kristiani Antonio Julio Putra
FOCUS Vol. 2 No. 2 (2021): Focus
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Pilgrimage is some act like make a devotional visit to sacred place. In there, we can find something which make us close with God. The way that we use to find it is we have to open one of part in ourself, that we called as intuition. From the intuition, people can examine some experience of pilgrimage, that is a experience of God. Pass through this experience will make something happened, that we called communication. From the communication, experience transform to be a image about The Transcendent. One of the thousand of The God Image can founded in this paper. That image appear because of a experience which bring the ratio and the faith, and then create some new perspective of The Transcendent
Menjadi Manusia Partisipan di Tengah Pandemi : Sebuah Tinjauan Antropologis-Filosofis Gabriel Marcel Tentang Manusia Partisipan Sebagai Jawaban atas Dunia yang Sakit Kardianus Manfour
FOCUS Vol. 2 No. 2 (2021): Focus
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This paper specifically explores the human understanding of participant Gabriel Marcel, which is motivated by the problems surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Participant human understanding is a form of answer to the problem of human existence in the midst of a sick world. The methodology of this paper is interpretive. The author tries to elaborate Gabriel Marcel's thoughts with the phenomena surrounding the pandemic and also the new world order due to the pandemic. From the results of this elaboration, the author finds that in order to reorganize this ailing world, everyone must be a human participant and not a human spectator. The journey to become a participant human begins with an awareness of his existence as a human being. The concept of human participant Gabriel Marcel must be recognized as a sharp philosophical reflection in understanding human existence. This thought is the starting point for the birth of humans who are aware of their social responsibilities as human participants who always have a heart towards others and the world.
Religious Legitimacy in Realizing Harmony in Indonesia Yunika Sari; Paulus Sunu Sukmono Wasi
FOCUS Vol. 3 No. 2 (2022): Focus
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This study aims to discuss religious harmony as a form of religious tolerance seen from the perspective of religions. The research methodology is qualitative, library research that uses a descriptive approach to explain religious harmony. The discussion of this research includes the notion of religious harmony, the principle of the trilogy of religious harmony, concepts, methods, guidelines and quality of religious harmony, the legal basis and objectives of religious harmony, the supporting and inhibiting factors for the occurrence of religious harmony and religious harmony from a spiritual perspective. This study concludes that religious harmony is a condition of interaction between individuals/groups in which various religious groups can live together without reducing the fundamental rights of each to carry out their religious obligations.
Dampak Radikalisme terhadap Perempuan Masa Kini Fajriatun Nisa Islami
FOCUS Vol. 2 No. 2 (2021): Focus
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Radicalism is a deviant thing and has an impact on women. Women are considered to be the perpetrators in an act of violence such as terrorism. In his understanding, radicalism does not only have its own interests, but is very subject to the perspective of the majority. The notion of radicalism can be seen in terms of religion, social, or violent-conflict. Even women have always been the most affected by the existence of radicalism. Therefore, this study aims to discuss Johan Galtung's conflict transformation theory and Peter Neumann's religious violence. This study uses qualitative methods through literature study and descriptive analysis of current radicalism. The results of this study indicate that what Johan Galtung said is related to conflict theory and Peter Neumann, so there must be a basic reference regarding the impact of radicalism on women in every authoritarian government policy in the name of religion and gender.
Menakar Sejarah Gerakan Radikalisme Islam serta Upaya Pemerintah dalam Mengatasinya Agil Muhammad Sahal; Agung Bayuseto
FOCUS Vol. 2 No. 2 (2021): Focus
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This article examines the commotion of the Islamic radicalism movement that has sprung up in society, and social media has become a space for new ways to carry out propaganda, recruitment, training, planning, or the doctrine of calling for the establish- ment of an Islamic Khilafah. The government and society have a very important role in maintaining the integrity of this nation, thus, this research focuses on the government’s efforts to eradicate radicalism with plural societies.
Etika Al-Ghazālian dan Titik Temunya dengan Etika Kantian R.F. Bhanu Viktorahadi
FOCUS Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): Focus
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With his immense intellectual stature and his encyclopaedic knowledge, al-Ghazâli has influenced Islamic thought and defined its practice for nearly nine centuries. Like many legal experts and philosophers, al-Ghazâli divides the universe into the transient world and the eternal hereafter. This world, or temporary existence, is subject to the will of God. It is not governed by a set of scientific laws, but is maintained, governed and driven by the direct and continual intervention of God (rejection of causality). God is not only the creator of the universe and of its attributes and laws (or the cause of existence). He is also the cause of every event in the world, great and small, past, present and future. As a Sufi, al-Ghazâli does have a theory of ethic as a part of his tasawuf discipline. Some experts come to consider al-Ghazâli as a Sufi figure, some other also goes to classify him as a prominent figure of philosophy. This is understandable actually, because from the books he wrote all indicates his interest on both tasawuf as well as philosophy. By considering his books Maqâshid al-Falâsifah or Tahâfut al-Falâsifah, or through his Mi’yâr al’Ilm, one would consider him as a true philosopher. But one might also comes to conclude him as a real Sufi or a true mystic simply by looking at his master piece works such as Ihyâ al-Ulûm al-Dîn, or Kitab al-Arbâ’in dan al-Munqidz min al-Dhalâl.
Comparison of Islamic and Adventist Christian Eschatology Rika Dilawati
FOCUS Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): Focus
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This study aims to discuss the comparison of life after death (exchatology) in Islam and Adventist Christianity. The research method used in this research is qualitative with the process of collecting data through literature review. The results showed that the comparison of eschatology in Islam and Christianity has a very significant difference, this can be seen in the two holy books, namely the Koran and the Bible. Eschatology in Islam is also known as the end of time or the day of judgment. Therefore eschatology is a day that is feared by every Muslim, because eschatology is a day of vengeance, where all deeds in the world will be counted on that day. While eschatology in Adventist Christianity is a day full of hope that Christians always look forward to. They waited for Christ to come a second time to take His people to the place He had prepared. However, eschatology in Islam is also shrouded in hope for salvation where Muslim belief always boils down to how big the scales of good deeds are while in this world. Therefore, this article provides great wisdom for both religions, where as religious people hope for a good place after death must always be fostered by good deeds and invite rewards as provisions later in the Hereafter.
Reexamining the Story of Islam and Nation States in Southeast Asia Dadang Darmawan; Yohanes Slamet Purwadi
FOCUS Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): Focus
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This article will try to find out why Islam in Indonesia is able to unite various diverse ethnic groups in a unitary state without significant friction? While in Malaysia Islam gives spirit to Malay ethnicity to become the dominant element in all aspects of national and state life without being dragged into chauvinism? Why is it that Islam which is ethnical with certain ethnicities in the Philippines has become a serious deterrent to nationality in both countries? Three cases that together involved elements of Islam, ethnicity and nationalism but showed different manifestations of reaction. In each case Islam plays a different position and function, as a unifying Indonesia, the spirit of Malaysia and undermining the Philippines.
Rationalism in Harun Nasution’s Epistemology of Islamic Law Zaid Hamdani; Mohammad Taufiq Rahman
FOCUS Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): Focus
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The term 'epistemology' is a term directly related to the field of philosophical debate. As one of the branches of philosophy, it studies science in terms of its definition, the establishment of its types, the determination of its sources and channels and the identification of its limits and limitations. Although these epistemological questions are commonly used in the disciplines of philosophy and the sciences, for some scholars they are also relevant and useful in the field of Islamic law. The following brief study will attempt to elaborate on the epistemological theory of Islamic law by analyzing the thoughts of a prominent Islamic scholar, Harun Nasution, an expert in Islamic philosophy and theology.
The Formation of Nationalism-Religious Country in Malaysia Ahmad Farid Abd Jalal; Rahimin Affandi Abdul Rahim; Ahnaf Wafi bin Alias; Siti Maimunah Binti Kahal
FOCUS Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): Focus
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After independence, efforts to reconstruct the history of ancient Malaysia recorded by colonial scholars have been made. However, there are still poor explanations. Therefore, the following studies are the study of the history of the Malay community in a new interpretation. The methods used in this study are phenomenological. With this method it was found that the process of independence of Malaya in 1957 did not take place in the short run by the British and its elite, but it took a long time and made little sacrifice. It started in the form of awareness by scholars of Malay nationalism itself which unfortunately has been forgotten or closed their role by chroniclers.