The Contribution of Al-Ghazali in Promoting Islamic Moderate Thought in Indonesia

The current paper is dedicated to investigate a moderate religious doctrine through the presence of Islamic mysticism (sufism) resulted from Imam al-Ghazali. We argue that al-Ghazali's teaching imparted balance between the world and the hereafter like body and spirit. Al-Ghazali’s thought influ...

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Published inSunan Kalijaga Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 1 - 159
Main Authors Hajam, Hajam, Muzaki, Muzaki, Hamidah, Dedeh Nur, Syafaah, Aah, Padiatra, Aditia Muara
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga 10.09.2020
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culture
moderate
mysticism
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Summary:The current paper is dedicated to investigate a moderate religious doctrine through the presence of Islamic mysticism (sufism) resulted from Imam al-Ghazali. We argue that al-Ghazali's teaching imparted balance between the world and the hereafter like body and spirit. Al-Ghazali’s thought influenced many Indonesian mystics across fifteenth to nineteenth century. We believed that Indonesian Moslems scholars who were influenced by Al-Ghazali’s teaching developed religious propagation through wisdom and moralilty. We found that by applying mysticism moderate Islamic propagation were accepted by most of Indonesian Moslems. As a result, they were succesful in undertaking social transformation without any negative impact
ISSN:2614-5472
2614-7262
DOI:10.14421/skijic.v3i2.1894