The focus of the study lies in the relation of fasting with the epistemological and axiologicalside of Islamic religious education. This research used a qualitative approach which focuses on literature study (library research). The result found that fasting is a medium for developing human beings with humanity and divinity potential. This became the foundation of the humanist learning paradigm that made the subject and object of Islamic religious education into human learners; as well as using their learning outcomes for the welfare of mankind and the environment (khalifah) as a form of their devotion to God (abdullah). This human model tends to orient their life to transcendental values (divinity) without ignoring the profane (humanitarian...