Correlation of Scientific Attitude and Religious Literacy towards Religious Moderation Attitude

Abstract

This study aims to determine the correlation between scientific attitudes and religious literacy toward students' religious moderation attitudes. This study uses a quantitative method with correlation techniques. Respondents in this study were 5th-semester students at the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi, totaling 117 people. Data were collected through test techniques and analyzed through product-moment correlation with the help of SPSS 25 software. Based on the results of the correlation test, it can be seen that scientific attitudes are positively correlated with religious moderation attitudes, with a Pearson Correlation value of 0.417 and a sig. Value of 0.00. The correlation of religious literacy to religious moderation attitudes is 0.496, and a sig. Value of 0.00. This indicates a positive correlation between scientific attitudes, religious literacy, and moderation attitudes. In other words, if students' scientific attitudes and religious literacy are good, the religious moderation attitude score will automatically improve. Likewise, vice versa, namely, if the scientific attitude and religious literacy scores decrease, then the religious moderation attitude will also decrease. In addition, based on the simultaneous test, it is known that the variables of scientific attitude and religious literacy correlate with the attitude of religious moderation. This is based on the Sig. F score of 0.000 <0.05. The correlation coefficient obtained is 0.521 with a moderate category. Based on the simultaneous test, scientific attitudes and religious literacy contribute to increasing the attitude of religious moderation by 27.1%, while other factors influence the rest. Therefore, strengthening scientific attitudes and religious literacy also means strengthening the attitude of moderation. This research has implications for developing learning models in each subject that can improve scientific attitudes and religious literacy to improve attitudes toward religious moderation.