Reason is the nature of human beings and those who are religious also have faith. Therefore, believers have two fundamental basics in their life: reason and faith. In the reality, some people believe that reason and faith are two separate contradictory entities that form dichotomy or dualism. This article discusses the existence of reason in human being and its relationship with faith in religious people in accordance with the ancient and modern writings. The method used in this research is source methodology which is combined with a literature study to achieve the purpose of the research which is to show how reason deepens and enlightens the faith. The result of this research shows that reason and faith are harmonious and supportive of each other in the practice of religious life; they do not create dichotomy or dualism but harmony. Abstrak Nalar adalah salah satu kodrat manusia dan mereka yang beragama juga memiliki iman. Oleh sebab itu umat beriman memiliki dua hal mendasar di dalam dirinya, yaitu nalar dan iman. Dalam kenyataan tidak jarang dalam kehidupan beragama seakan memiliki dualisme antara nalar dan iman, seakan yang satu mengganggu yang lain, dan menjadikan keduanya dikotomi atau dualisme. Tulisan ini akan membahas keberadaan nalar di dalam manusia dan kemudian nalar dan iman di dalam diri umat beragama yang didasarkan pada tulisan penulis kuno dan modern. Untuk penelitian seperti ini metode yang paling baik diaplikasikan adalah metodologi sumber yang dikombinasikan dengan pustaka untuk mencapai tujuan penelitian yaitu penentuan sikap dalam kehidupan beragama melalui nalar yang memberikan pendalaman dan pencerahan pada iman. Penelitian ini akan menyimpulkan keharmonisan dan saling mendukung antara nalar dan iman di dalam hidup beragama, bukan suatu dikotomi atau dualisme

Gondang Batak Toba is one of the popular traditions of the Bataks that bestows high artistic and cultural values for music because it has religious meaning important for religious and customary life. This paper aims to find out the religious meaning of gondang implemented in religious and traditional life. This research used a qualitative approach with phenomenological methods. Field data was ob- obtained through interviews with key informants of Gondang Batak Toba from an important traditional city on Samosir Island. The results have shown that the GondangBatak Toba is a religious ritual that can be implemented on religion to support worship and on custom in social life to establish and strengthen civilization. This social meaning is obtained from the religious value of gondang that is expressed in wisdom. These findings contribute to the advancement of social and religious life on Samosir Island.

This article focuses on reflections of the priestly vocation as a minister in the context and pastoral situation in the Diocese of Timika. The approach is studying on ecclesiastical documents in regarding on the priesthood spirituality in serving of God's people. The purpose of this paper is to discover the high spirit of ministry of a priest who is based on the example of Jesus Christ as Teacher and Chief Pastor in the pastoral ministry of the Timika Diocese. Total service in dedicative involvement, a soothing presence, entering into the struggles of family life, and having the courage of dialoguing with anyone are a concrete service to realize the spirit of the ministry of Jesus Christ in the challenges of the pastoral field in the Timika Diocese. Artikel ini berfokus pada refleksi mengenai panggilan hidup imamat sebagai pelayan di tengah konteks dan situasi pastoral di Keuskupan Timika. Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah studi dokumen gerejani mengenai spiritualitas imamat dalam pelayanan bagi umat Allah. Tujuan dari tulisan ini adalah untuk menemukan semangat pelayanan yang luhur dari seorang imam yang bertolak pada teladan Yesus Kristus sebagai guru dan gembala utama dalam pelayanan pastoral di keuskupan Timika. Pelayanan yang total dalam keterlibatan yang dedikatif, kehadiran yang menyejukkan, masuk dalam pergumulan hidup keluarga, dan berani untuk berdialog dengan siapa pun merupakan pelayanan konkret demi mewujudkan spirit pelayanan Yesus Kristus di tengah tantangan medan pastoral di Keuskupan Timika.

There have been many inter religion dialogues and researches made recently. Every research has its own specialty to support the dialogue. Pope Francis’ encyclical (All Brothers) – which discusses the issues of fraternity and social friendship - meets the inter-religion dialogue in Indonesia. This article tries to review the encyclical in its term to contribute to the dialogue. The research uses qualitative methods with an interpretation approach and synthetic study of the encyclical to convey that it has a great contribution to the inter-religion dialogue. The emphasis of the inter-religion dialogue in this encyclical begins with human nature that starts from and goes to humanity. This implies that human being involves fraternity and friendship. A dialogue should start from the same foundation of humanity and go to the unlimited fraternity and friendship which sees the religion differences, not as an obstacle but rather as a process of mutual understanding.