The Methodology of Contemporary Gender Interpretation: A Study of Qirā’ah Mubādalah

Abstract

The various interpretive products that have been offered by previous feminist figures are not followed by an interpretation methodology for gender equality topics. In response to this, qirā’ah mubādalah, an interpretation meth­o­do­logy of ‘made in Indonesia’products which are specifically related to gender and women's issues emerged. To explore more deeply, this study focuses on two things, namely how the interpretation methodology is adopted in the mubādalah and how the position of the qirā’ah mubādalah is among the ideas or thoughts of previous feminist figures. Through the descriptive-analytical method, this study seeks to decipher the mubādalah in terms of the methodology of interpretation. The hermeneutical analysis is used to study the extent to which operational forms of hermeneutics appear in the mubādalah. The result first, methodologically the mubādalah shows the existence of operational forms of hermeneutics, with more emphasis on efforts to explore context and con­tex­tualization. Second, compared to previous feminist thinkers, the methodology of interpreting the qirā’ah mubā­dalah is more soft, systematic and applicable in its application. Besides, qirā’ah mubādalah is also classified as a progressive interpretation, which is essentially based on the concept of monotheism and the reciprocal method.