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Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam
ISSN : 20887957     EISSN : 2442871X     DOI : 10.15642/teosofi
Core Subject : Religion, Social,
Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam (ISSN 2088-7957, E-ISSN 2442-871X) diterbitkan oleh Program Studi Filsafat Agama Fakultas Ushuluddin dan Filsafat Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Ampel Surabaya pada bulan Juni 2011. Jurnal ini terakreditasi pada 3 Juli 2014 sesuai Keputusan Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia Nomor 212/P/2014. Jurnal yang terbit bulan Juni dan Desember ini, berisi kajian seputar tasawuf, pemikiran Islam, tafsir sufi, hadis sufi, maupun fiqh sufi.
Articles 435 Documents
Embodied Religious Knowledge in Javanese Sufism: Existential-Practical Hermeneutics and the Formation of Epistemic Authority Taufikin, Taufikin; Wahyudi, Chafid; Zulkifli Bin Mamat; Badawi, Habib
Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam Vol. 16 No. 1 (2026): June
Publisher : Department of Aqidah and Islamic Philosophy, Faculty of Ushuluddin and Philosophy, Sunan Ampel State Islamic University Surabaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15642/teosofi.2026.16.1.196-218

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This study examines how embodied religious knowledge is generated in Javanese Sufism through the dynamic interplay of bodily practice, social articulation, and negotiated epistemic authority. Moving beyond interpretations that reduce Sufi Kejawen to a syncretic culture, it investigates how tirakat, selametan, rukun, and unggah-ungguh function as interconnected processes through which embodied religious knowledge is produced, socially articulated, and legitimized. Using a hermeneutic-ethnographic approach, the article was conducted within the Tarekat Qadiriyyah wa Naqshbandiyyah (TQN) community in Indonesia through three months of fieldwork involving 20 participants, in-depth interviews, participant observation, and document analysis. The findings demonstrate that tirakat generates embodied religious knowledge through disciplined bodily practice, while communal rituals transform individual experience into socially recognized meanings that subsequently acquire legitimacy through ongoing negotiation with orthodox Islamic authority. The study proposes existential-practical hermeneutics as an analytical framework explaining how embodiment, social articulation, and negotiated legitimacy constitute an integrated process of epistemic authority formation in Javanese Sufism, thereby advancing scholarship on embodied religion, lived Islam, and contemporary Islamic authority.
Reconfiguring Sufi Ethics in Economic Life: Discursive Tradition and Moral Rationality in Contemporary Indonesian Tarekat Kurniawan, Ade Fakih; Saraswati, Henny; Soi, Andi Bahri; Megandani, Adi
Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam Vol. 16 No. 1 (2026): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15642/teosofi.2026.16.1.114-136

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The relationship between Sufi ethics and economic rationality has long been framed as structurally incompatible, with classical concepts such as zuhd, faqr, ṣabr, and tawakkul interpreted as theological warrants for withdrawal from commercial life. Reinforced by Weber’s thesis on the absence of inner-worldly asceticism in Islam, this assumption has produced a persistent tendency to treat Sufism as economically passive. This article challenges that position by examining how these concepts are actively reconfigured within the economic practices of contemporary tarekat communities in Indonesia. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork combining participant observation, in-depth interviews, and classical textual analysis in the Tarekat Qādiriyyah wa Naqshbandiyyah (TQN) in Banten and the Tarekat Khalwatiyyah in South Sulawesi, this study finds that zuhd, faqr, ṣabr, and tawakkul are continuously reinterpreted to authorize disciplined, morally grounded economic engagement. To explain this transformation, the article deploys Talal Asad’s concept of discursive tradition alongside an integrated model of ideational and structural relations. The findings demonstrate that Sufi traditions articulate a distinct ethical rationality that motivates productive and ethically bounded economic conduct, constituting an empirical challenge to Weber’s Protestant-centric framework.
Theorizing Digital Religiosity: Post-Secular Islam, Platform Dynamics, and the Quba-Dirar Framework Arifin, Syamsul; Tung, Le Xuan; Wijaya, Rahmad; Zuhri, Achmad Muhibbin
Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam Vol. 16 No. 1 (2026): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15642/teosofi.2026.16.1.115-165

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The secularization thesis is increasingly inadequate for explaining Islam’s expanding presence within Indonesia’s digital public sphere. This article addresses a critical limitation in contemporary digital Islam scholarship: while existing approaches effectively describe how religion operates across digital environments, they provide limited conceptual resources for evaluating whether such engagements advance or compromise Islam’s ethical and normative purposes. Drawing on post-secular theory, platform studies, and the normative-historical perspectives of Fazlur Rahman and M. Amin Abdullah, this study develops the Quba-Dirar heuristic, an evaluative framework derived from a Quranic historical paradigm. The framework distinguishes between forms of digital religiosity that cultivate ethical piety and social cohesion (Digital Quba) and those that instrumentalize religious symbols for polarization, political mobilization, or commercial gain (Digital Dirar). Applied to the Indonesian context, the analysis yields three principal findings. First, digital platformization has intensified the deprivatization of Islam within the public sphere. Second, algorithmic architectures have facilitated new configurations of religious authority through micro-celebrity actors operating beyond established scholarly institutions. Third, these transformations generate structural pressures toward Digital Dirar irrespective of individual institutions. The article argues for an integrative epistemology in Islamic studies that simultaneously combines empirical analysis and normative evaluation within a single analytical framework.
From Spiritual Crisis to Ecological Ethics: Ecosufism, Religious Authority, and Environmental Governance in Indonesia Rahman Hakim, Budi; Beck, Herman L.; Makruf, Jamhari
Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam Vol. 16 No. 1 (2026): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15642/teosofi.2026.16.1.114-143

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Contemporary Islamic ecotheology has advanced environmental responsibility through institutional reform and ethical reinterpretation of classical principles such as khilāfa and amāna, yet it remains structurally limited by its predominant focus on behavioral compliance rather than the prior conditions of ecological perception. This study addresses that gap by developing Ecosufism as an analytically grounded framework that extends Islamic ecotheology toward a Sufi metaphysical account of the human-nature relationship. Drawing on hermeneutic analysis of classical Sufi sources alongside critical engagement with Nasr, Rosa, Latour, and Weber, the study operationalizes the Tawḥīd–Tazkiyya–‘Amal triad as a functional model specifying the mechanisms through which ontological awareness, ethical self-purification, and embodied ecological action constitute a coherent and sequential process of ecological consciousness. Indonesian cases, including the 2025 Ekoteologi Islam initiative, FNKSDA activism, and Neo-Sufi movements, illustrate the triad’s analytical range while revealing a consistent structural gap between the perceptual transformation Ecosufism prescribes and the institutional conditions required to sustain it at the collective scale. The study contributes an original analytical model that repositions ecological crisis as a problem of ontological perception within Islamic thought.
Rethinking Electoral Democracy through Islamic Epistemology: Electoral Perception, Epistemic Justice, and Democratic Legitimacy Masduri, Masduri; Hadinata, Fristian; Adian, Donny Gahral
Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam Vol. 16 No. 1 (2026): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15642/teosofi.2026.16.1.219-246

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Electoral democracy is commonly evaluated through procedural criteria, whereas the epistemic conditions that shape citizens’ political judgments remain insufficiently theorized. This article addresses this gap by reconceptualizing electoral perception as an epistemic structure through which political knowledge is formed prior to electoral choice. Employing a normative-conceptual approach, it synthesizes social epistemology, Miranda Fricker’s theory of epistemic injustice, and Islamic epistemology to examine how political knowledge is produced, transmitted, verified, recognized, and critically evaluated within electoral contexts. The analysis demonstrates that electoral perception is constituted through testimony, trust, epistemic authority, credibility, and epistemic justice, while informational distortion and unequal distributions of credibility undermine democratic legitimacy by weakening citizens’ epistemic agency. The article develops an Islamic Ethics of Electoral Perception grounded in six interrelated principles—ṣidq, amānah, shahādah, tabayyun, ‘adl, and epistemic muḥāsabah—as a normative framework for evaluating political knowledge. It argues that democratic legitimacy depends not only on procedural fairness but also on an epistemically just environment that enables citizens to exercise responsible political judgment as epistemic agents.
Post-Sectarian Sunni Theology in Indonesia: A Theo-philosophical Engagement with Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama Muniron, Muniron; Dodi, Limas; Astuti, Fidia; Jainudin, Jainudin
Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam Vol. 15 No. 2 (2025): December
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15642/teosofi.2025.15.2.378-405

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This article proposes an inclusive theo-philosophical approach as a new paradigm for mitigating ideological conflicts among contemporary Islamic groups, with particular attention to Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama. Drawing on the integration of revelation and reason articulated by Amin Abdullah, as well as the faith-centered orientation developed by Hassan Hanafi, the study argues that the theological differences between the two organizations are predominantly methodological rather than substantive. Empirical findings from Kediri indicate that theological dialogue grounded in inclusive ethical principles can foster concrete practices of reconciliation, strengthen social cohesion, and reduce the potential for polarization. Drawing on John Hick’s reflections on pluralism, the article develops a model of reconciliation grounded in epistemic humility, dialogical hermeneutics, and historical consciousness. The analysis demonstrates that theological harmonization is not only feasible within the Indonesian Sunni context but also offers a meaningful contribution to global post-sectarian discourse. Ultimately, the study underscores the significance of an inclusive theo-philosophical paradigm as a foundation for articulating a more adaptive, moderate, and responsive Islamic theology that corresponds to the complexities of modern society.
From Spiritual Stations to Social Ethics: Reframing Sufi Maqāmāt as a Framework for Gender Justice In'amuzzahidin , Muh.; Kharomen, Agus Imam; Hanik Rosyida; Fejrian Yazdajird Iwanebel
Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam Vol. 15 No. 2 (2025): December
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15642/teosofi.2025.15.2.508-529

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This article reexamines the Sufi doctrine of maqāmāt (spiritual stations) as an ethical framework for articulating gender justice within Islamic thought. While classical Sufi literature—most notably al-Qushayrī’s al-Risālah—presents the maqāmāt primarily as a stage of spiritual discipline guiding the seeker toward proximity to God, their broader ethical implications for social relations remain underexplored. The central academic problem this study addresses is the persistent separation between Islamic spirituality and contemporary debates on gender justice, which are often framed solely in legal or socio-political terms. Through a qualitative, library-based analysis of classical Sufi texts, especially al-Risālah and related writings of al-Qushayrī, this article reconstructs the moral psychology of the maqāmāt as a virtue ethical framework grounded in ontological equality and moral accountability before God. The study argues that stations such as tawbah, zuhd, tawakkul, and riḍā cultivate ethical dispositions that challenge patriarchal assumptions and reorient social relations toward justice and reciprocity. By demonstrating that gender equity is a logical implication of Sufi spiritual anthropology, the article offers a new interpretive model linking Islamic spirituality to contemporary ethical discourse on gender justice.
Language, Authority, and Identity: Shia-Salafi Debates on Imamate and Nationalism in Indonesia’s Online Sphere Faizin, Khoirul; Hepni, Hepni; Basyir, Kunawi; Fauzi, Ahmad
Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam Vol. 15 No. 2 (2025): December
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15642/teosofi.2025.15.2.313-349

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This study stems from a gap in research on how the concepts of Imamate and nationalism are contested within Shia-Salafi dynamics in Indonesia’s digital space. Most previous studies have emphasized aspects of social conflict, whereas the linguistic mechanisms that shape religious-political authority remain underexplored. This study argues that the contestation of religious legitimacy should be examined through patterns of discourse production that link doctrinal teachings, group identities, and the constructions of nationalism they articulate. The research analysis on 50 articles from Safinah.id and Annasindonesia.com to identify how each site constructs its ideological position through the linguistic practices it deploys. The study employs Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis, which encompasses the dimensions of text, discursive practice, and social practice in an integrated manner. The findings show that identity, claims of authority, and symbolic boundaries are constructed through linguistic strategies that systematically produce oppositions and assert hierarchies of truth. This research contributes theoretically by linking its findings on the construction of Shia-Salafi authority in the digital space with Campbell and Bunt’s conceptual framework on the formation of identity, authority, and religious practices in the online ecosystem. The implications of this research open pathways for further studies on the dynamics of religious power operating through linguistic practices in Indonesia’s digital media landscape.
Reproducing Patriarchy in Digital Islam: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Women’s Leadership Narratives on Muslimahnews.net Abidin, Achmad Azis; Musyafiq, Ahmad; Purwaningsih, Sri; Rochmawati, Nikmah
Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam Vol. 15 No. 2 (2025): December
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15642/teosofi.2025.15.2.530-554

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This article examines the reproduction of patriarchal interpretations of women’s leadership within contemporary digital Islamic discourse, focusing on Muslimahnews.net. Employing a feminist Critical Discourses Analysis framework developed by Sara Mills and integrating insights from digital religion theory, particularly those of Heidi Campbell and Gary Bunt, the study analyzes how hadith narratives are discursively mobilized to construct and legitimize gender hierarchy. Through content analysis of a leadership-related article, the findings reveal that patriarchal authority is naturalized through selective intertextuality, subject-object positioning, and affective moral framing, which present male leadership as normative and divinely sanctioned while delegitimizing women’s public roles. The platform operates as a digital node within a broader cyber-Islamic environment, where networked participation, shifting religious authority, and algorithmic circulation reinforce ideological coherence. This study argues that patriarchal ideology in digital Islam is sustained through the interplay of discourse, technological mediation, and affective engagement, offering a critical contribution to scholarship on gender, religion, and digital media.
Negotiating Salafism: Local Muslim Identity and Religious Adaptation in Banten Rusyadi, Refki; Degaf, Agwin; Aziz, Muhammad Sulthon; Sirad, Mochamad Chobir
Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam Vol. 15 No. 2 (2025): December
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15642/teosofi.2025.15.2.429-458

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The expansion of Salafism has generated enduring tensions within the syncretic Islamic identity of Banten, where local traditions are deeply embedded in religious belief and practice. This study examines how Bantenese Muslims negotiate encounters between transnational Salafi doctrines and inherited forms of religiosity. Based on qualitative fieldwork, it finds that younger, urban Muslims are more exposed to Salafi interpretations through education and social networks, while rural communities largely preserve established traditions. These uneven encounters produce a fragmented yet adaptive religious landscape. Drawing on Berger and Luckmann’s theory of the social construction of reality, the article explains how processes of externalization, objectivation, and internalization shape patterns of religious negotiation. It advances the concept of selective adaptation to show how global Islamic movements intersect with, rather than replace, local religious identities. The findings demonstrate that Bantenese Muslims selectively adopt, reinterpret, or contest Salafi teachings, underscoring that religious change is context-dependent and shaped by resilient local traditions.