The Revivalist Movement and the Emergence of Nationalism in the Islamic World
Abstract
Revivalism is a movement of renewal or revival in Islam, and tends to be understood as an effort to revive the spirit of religion as before. Esposito wrote in his book that 'this revivalist movement is a search for identity, authenticity, and tradition'. This revivalism is closely related to fundamentalism. Because this movement emerged as a response to the impact caused by modernism and secularism in religious and political life. And Islamic revivalism is the impact of the failure of classical Islamic modernism, which turned out to be unable to bring society and the Islamic world in accordance with the teachings of Islam itself. The factors causing the emergence of this revivalist movement are not far from internal and external factors. Some examples of revivalist movements in Indonesia include Nahdhotul Ulama' (NU), Muhammadiyah, and Jam'iyah Khair. And the relationship between revivalism and nationalism is very close and complex, often both support and move each other.
Downloads
References
Amiruddin, M., Saraswati, E. D., Thoriq, A. Z. A., & Az-Zahrah, F. (2024). Dinamika Revivalisme dan Nasionalisme di Dunia Islam Era Jamaluddin AL-Afghani. Ameena Journal, 2(3), 255–268. https://repository.uin-malang.ac.id/23005/
Nurhakim, Moh. (2013). GERAKAN REVIVALISME ISLAM DAN WACANA PENERAPAN SYARIAH DI INDONESIA: Telaah Pengalaman PKS dan Salafi. ULUL ALBAB Jurnal Studi Islam. https://doi.org/10.18860/ua.v0i0.2393
Padang, S. A. U. I. B. (n.d.). GERAKAN NEO-REVIVALISME ISLAM.
Pirol, A. (2017). Dinamika Pemikiran islam modern. Laskar Perubahan.
Surur, M. (2022). Mengapa kaum tradisionalis lebih moderat ketimbang kaum revivalis. https://repository.uin-malang.ac.id/18508/
Yulianto, Y. (2023). Aliran pemikiran politik Islam Indonesia (Muhammadiyah, NU, FPI dan HTI). UIN Maliki Press. https://repository.uin-malang.ac.id/15606/
Copyright (c) 2025 Zakiyatuz Zahiroh
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work’s authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal’s published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
