HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies (Jul 2022)

Students’ perspectives on religious moderation: A qualitative study into religious literacy processes

  • Yusuf Hanafi,
  • Muhammad Saefi,
  • Tsania N. Diyana,
  • M. Alifudin Ikhsan,
  • Nur Faizin,
  • Titis Thoriquttyas,
  • Nurul Murtadho

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v78i1.7638
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 78, no. 1
pp. e1 – e7

Abstract

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Research exploring how students develop their perspectives on religious moderation through reading and understanding the Qur’an is underexplored. This study aims to investigate students’ religious literacy tenet as a process of constructing meaning about religious moderation from the verses of the Qur’an. The participants involved were three students with an excellent ability to read the Qur’an and who had a great interest in the study of the Qur’an. The data were collected through the process of reading the verses of the Qur’an and its textual and contextual translation. The results of this study indicate that students with high translation amendments (adding, removing and replacing words and phrases) tend to have more ability to interpret the verses of the Qur’an widely as a form of verbalisation of thoughts. Contribution: This study provides clarification on student interactions, the interpretation process and the construction of the meaning of the verses of the Qur’an. Furthermore, the results of this study encourage lecturers to reconstruct the process of learning to read the Qur’an at the university level.

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