Theological Ethics in the National Curriculum (Presenting a Moral-Educational Model of Human Relationship with God)

Abstract

This research is a systematic study aimed at analyzing and explaining the ethical relationship between humans and God within the national curriculum, and presenting a moral-educational model. In this paper, an attempt has been made to use a documentary-analytical method to infer and analyze the criteria for the human-God relationship in the national curriculum based on Islamic theological ethics and inspired by the Holy Qur'an. Subsequently, the fundamental criteria derived from the curriculum analysis concerning the human-God relationship are presented as a moral-educational model. The results indicate that in the model of theological ethics and the ladder of spiritual ascension towards God, the primary goal of rational contemplation, which is the first step, results in nurturing the intellectual discernment regarding God among students. Based on the goal of knowledge, which is the second step, we aim to strengthen the use of reason in recognizing the Creator of humans and the universe, who is the cause and foundation of the orderly existence, among students. Based on the goal of faith, which is the third step, we provide a context where students can, through rational recognition, achieve heartfelt and practical faith in the Creator of existence. On the fourth step, we encourage students to apply faith based on rational recognition in adhering to divine commands in their personal, social, and natural lives as an acknowledgment of His blessings. Finally, on the fifth step, in the concept of ethics, which is the most significant goal and, in reality, the axis of worldly life and the bridge to the afterlife, we encourage and nurture students to observe ethics based on rational, scientific, and faithful actions towards the Creator of existence, with the aim of realizing theology and progressing towards the pure life of this world and the hereafter, and approaching God.