Teachers and parents need to be
careful in teaching about the concept of Islam and the concept of religion to
pupils or children. Beware also if you buy the book. It may be that some of its
contents properly and some of its contents other mistake . Examples of such a
book is a book called Islamic Encyclopedia for Students. Chief editor of this
book is Prof. Dr. Nurcholish Madjid, the Editors executing Budhy Munawar
Rachman and Ihsan Ali Fauzi.
Although it looks attractive, encyclopedia was
to be scrutinized. For example, in the discussion of religion (Volume I, p.23),
it is said that there are other theories of religion which states that the
original and oldest religion is monotheism, which comes from God's revelation.
Since the days of Adam a.s. humans have embraced monotheism. Dynamism, animism,
totemism, polytheism, and the other is a distortion of the shape of monotheism.
This monotheism theory shared by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
