The Role of Religion in Society According to Malik Bennabi

Authors

  • Muhammad Yusuf Patria Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, IIUM- Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21111/tasfiyah.v5i1.5501

Keywords:

Bennabi, Religion, Society, Civilization

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss Malik Bennabi's thoughts on the role of religion in society. The discussion was carried out by using the content analysis method for some of Bennabi's works as primary sources and several other relevant references to describe his thoughts. After describing Bennabi's intellectual journey briefly, This paper begins the discussion with his thoughts on the origin of society and its definitions and the basic elements that make up it, namely the Human Realm, The Realm of Thought, and the Realm of Matter. The next discussion is about religion which is a source of moral value for society and encourages society to carry out its historical movements. Based on this, Bennabi concluded that religion is a fundamental factor in the development of society towards civilization and vice versa. Besides, he also believes that every civilization achieved by society has its roots in religious teachings.

Downloads

Submitted

2021-01-15

Accepted

2021-02-06

Published

2021-02-06

How to Cite

Patria, M. Y. (2021). The Role of Religion in Society According to Malik Bennabi. Tasfiyah: Jurnal Pemikiran Islam, 5(1), 111–136. https://doi.org/10.21111/tasfiyah.v5i1.5501

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021)

Section

Articles

License

In order to be accepted and puslished by Tasfiyah: Jurnal Pemikiran Islam, author(s) submitting the article manuscript should complete all the review stages. By submitting the manuscripts the author(s) agreed to these following terms:
  1. The copyright of received articles shall be assigned to Tasfiyah: Jurnal Pemikiran Islam as the publisher of the journal. The intended copyright includes the right to publish articles in various forms (including reprints). Tasfiyah: Jurnal Pemikiran Islam maintain the publishing rights to the published articles.
  2. Authors are permitted to disseminate published article by sharing the link/DOI of the article at Tasfiyah: Jurnal Pemikiran Islam. authors are allowed to use their articles for any legal purposes deemed necessary without written permission from Tasfiyah: Jurnal Pemikiran Islam with an acknowledgement of initial publication to this journal.
  3. Users/public use of this website will be licensed to CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution & Non-Commercial-ShareAlike)