From Politics to Education: Nurcholish Madjid and The Reform of Education in Indonesia ; From Politics to Education: Nurcholish Madjid and the Reform of Education In Indonesia
This paperattempts to understandNurcholish Madjid's Islamic education reform. After the death of Nurcholish Madjid, his education appears as a significant human capital investment which might become the instrument which constantly keep Nurcholish Madjid's legacies alive, developed, and disseminated through times.Apart from this fact, Nurcholish Madjid's Islamic education reform has not been yet the main focus of previous researches. Focusing on Nurcholish Madjid's Islamic education reform, this paperlooks at the educational activities of Nurcholish Madjid mainly in IAIN-UIN Jakarta and Paramadina. In this regards,this paperinvestigatesNurcholish Madjid's Islamic educationreform and the contexts within which it was developed. This investigation provides aninsight to the discussion of the subjectwhichtries to answer the questions of whatkind of ideas which were developed by Nurcholish Madjidto reform Islamic education in Indonesia; howhe defined, interpreted, and applied the ideas for the development of Islamic education in Indonesia. Eventually this paper suggests that in teaching and understanding Islam, Nurcholish Madjid obviously treated Islam not only as a religion, but also as a historical, sociological, and anthropological phenomenonwhich must be studied in an open, democratic, participatory, pluralistic, and inclusive way. ; Tulisan ini menganalisis keputusan Nurcholish Madjid memilih pendidikan daripada politik untuk melakukan reformasi besar di Indonesia. Fokus tulisan ini tentang reformasi pendidikan Islamnya, studi ini mencoba untuk melihat ide-ide dan kegiatan-kegiatan pendidikan Nurcholish Madjid di IAIN-UIN Jakarta dan Paramadina. melalui penelitian kepustakaan. Kajian ini meneliti tentang reformasi pendidikan Islam Nurcholish Madjid dan konteks di mana reformasi itu dikembangkan. Hasil kajian akan menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan seperti apa ide yang dikembangkan oleh Nurcholish Madjid dan bagaimana ia mendefinisikan, menafsirkan, dan menerapkan ide-ide tersebut untuk pengembangan pendidikan Islam di Indonesia. makalah ini berpendapat bahwa dalam mengajarkan dan memahami Islam, Nurcholish Madjid jelas memperlakukan Islam tidak hanya sebagai agama, tetapi juga sebagai fenomena historis, sosiologis, dan antropologis yang harus dipelajari secara terbuka, demokratis, partisipatif, pluralistik, dan inklusif.