Everyone seems to be interested in Islamic political thought these days, nodoubt as a result of the rise and fall of Islamisms/post-Islamisms and othercontemporary configurations of Islam and politics. And then there are the claimants for a new caliphate. However, most concerns with political thought– with the exception of the large Princeton Encyclopaedia edited by...Read More

This article examines critically the three major sociological theories namely, Structural Functionalism, Symbolic Interactionism and Conflict theory. These theories are formulated on the pattern of science where scientific method is strictly adhered to. Considering the nature and the essence of the social phenomenon and its component parts the author argues that the application of pure...Read More

The paper aims to explore Indonesian Muslim biologists’ views on the evolutionary theory. Employing Stenmark’s concepts of “rationality” and “religious commitment”, this study wishes to show how these two aspects are interconnected, and how a certain rationality primarily constitutes a certain religious commitment. The research involves both library and field research. The library research is...Read More