Religion and Humanity: A Southeast Asian Perspectives
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Religion and humanity are a crucial topic. RelSoutheast humanity has been implemented in Southeast Asia, especially for school education or community life. This study aims to discover Southeast Asian perceptions toward food and humanity. A qualitative descriptive design was employed for this study. The data were gathered through virtual in-depth interviews with six Southeast from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the research data. The findings revealed three points related to Religion and humanity: (1) the urgency of Religion and humanity, (2) factors improving humanity, and (3) barriers.
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NIKMAH, Faridatun et al.
Religion and Humanity: A Southeast Asian Perspectives.
Proceeding of International Conference on Islamic Education (ICIED), [S.l.], v. 9, n. 1, p. 137-144, dec. 2024.
ISSN 2613-9804.
Available at: <https://conferences.uin-malang.ac.id/index.php/icied/article/view/3134>. Date accessed: 25 mar. 2026.
doi: https://doi.org/10.18860/icied.v9i1.3134.
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Supriyono, & Wartono. (2020). The currentliterature, religions and humanity challenges of contemporary Islam. Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, 12(6). https://doi.org/10.5373/JARDCS/V12I6/S20201039
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Widodo, A., Sidik, Hayatuddin, Akh. K., & Farmawati, C. (2023). Stations (maqamat) and states (ahwal) in the context of humanity studies: dialogical encounter of spirituality and the psychology of religion. IJoReSH: Indonesian Journal of Religion, Spirituality, and Humanity, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.18326/ijoresh.v2i1.22-42