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A. Introduction
This chapter presents a discussion of religiosity in learning media. The
explanation consists of the meaning and concept of religious moderation, the

values of religious moderation, the dimension of religious moderation, the
measurement of religious moderation, the Internalization and Implementation of
Religious Moderation in learning media, the definition of religiosity, the dimension

of religiosity, and the bulk of religiosity.
B. Learning Objectives

Students can explain the concept of religious moderation, the values of
religious moderation, the dimensions of religious moderation, explain how to
measure religious moderation, explain how to internalize and implement religious

moderation in learning media, explain the definition of religiosity, explain the
dimension of religiosity, and explain how to measure religiosity. The values of
moderation instilled in the discussion of this chapter are tolerance, deliberation,

and non-violence.
C. Material
1. The Meaning and Concept of Religious Moderation

Religious moderation comes from two words, namely moderation and
religion. Moderation comes from the word moderate, which means avoiding

extreme behaviour or tendencies towards a middle dimension or path. In
Arabic (Al-Qur'an), the term moderation uses the term wasathiyah. So al-
wasthiyah means a commendable character or trait that keeps a person from

extreme tendencies (Zamimah, 2008). According to Quraish Shihab (2004),
al-Wasath told everything suitable, which was in a position between the two

extremes. For example, bravery is halfway between carelessness and fear.
Generosity is an intermediate trait between extravagance and miserliness. So
the person mediating between people in conflict or competition is called a
referee who is always in a middle position to remain fair to both parties

fighting or competing.
The definition of al-wasathiyah terminology (moderate) is a method of

thinking, interacting, and behaving based on the attitude of balance/balanced