The ecological crisis that is very alarming at the moment is caused by, among others, the “poor” ethics in the relationship between humans and the universe. Humans tend to see themselves as high and mighty, also the most decisive (superior). Conversely, nature is perceived as less important, of lower class, not human (inferior). Inequality in the relationship between humans and nature has further wosened the “ethical poverty” and the relationship is increasingly immoral. Thus, ethical poverty forms paradigm disorientation, dysfunction of action and disintegration of relations. Therefore, this article aims to reorient the paradigm, and to encourage the creation of harmonious relations based on a paradigm shift in favor of life. Everything begins with a search for social ethics that observes the events of the ecological crisis, investigates in-depth and hears various calls for a paradigm shift, identifies ethical-ecological principles and seeks a hermeneutical-biblical ethics as a religious interpretation that goes beyond the anthropocentrism of interpreting the holy scriptures. The method used in this research is a literature study. Data related to the issue of the ecological crisis was collected and then an in-depth analysis was carried out and finally conclusions were made. The issue of ecological crisis used as a reference in this research is the case of mining on Romang Island. This case is analyzed with a social ethics and a religious ethics approaches. The results of the analysis serve as a reference for transformative actions.

This article aims to explore hospitality as the basic character needed in the development of inter-religious dialogues. The character is reflected in a way of understanding that every religion has its own hospitable characteristic that can be used to start off an effective dialogue. It is also the aim this article to discern the philosophy of “hidup orang basudara” as the characteristic of hospitality among the Moluccans used in developing inter-religious dialogue in Moluccas.[Artikel ini menelusuri hospitalitas (keramah-tamahan) sebagai karakter dasar yang dibutuhkan dalam perkembangan dialog inter-religius. Karakter ini tercermin dalam cara pemahaman yang dimiliki setiap agama yakni karakter hospitalitas yang dapat digunakan untuk memulai dialog yang efektif. Inilah yang menjadi tujuan utama dari artikel ini yaitu untuk memahami falsafah “hidup orang basudara” sebagai bentuk hospitalitas pada masyarakat Mulucans dalam mengembangkan dialog inter-religius di Muloccas.]

This article aims to elaborate the account of the disciples’ experience of pentacost according to the gospel of John. On one hand, the study purpose to introduce the readers with the occurance of pentacost that took place during Jesus appearance to the disciples as narrated in gospel of John. On the other hand, the study intends to waked readers awareness to explore the contrasts and delve the uniqueness between the narratives of pentacost as accounted in Acts 2:1-13 and John 20:22-23. Therefore, this article is an exegetical study that focuses on the study of the text and its intercorrelation to the context of the text. Furthermore, it is a great hope that this writing will open a space for theological discourse.

Tulisan ini merupakan upaya untuk menelusuri kembali jejak-jejak awal pengutusan gereja yang terepresentasi melalui pengutusan para murid pada saat Yesus menampakkan diri kepada para murid dalam kisah Yohanes 20:19-23. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan gambaran orientasi pengutusan Gereja dan relevansinya dalam konteks kemajemukan di Indonesia. Kajian terhadap cerita penampakan diri Yesus kepada murid-murid dilakukan melalui pendekatan naratif dan berfokus pada unsur-unsur narasi seperti latar, tokoh dan penokohan, alur maupun aspek kontras yang muncul di dalam cerita. Selain itu, teks Yoh. 20:19-23 dianalisis menggunakan perspektif tahapan rekonsiliasi yang dikembangkan oleh Robert J. Schreiter. Studi ini menunjukkan bahwa berdasarkan kisah Yoh. 20:19-20 misi pengutusan gereja dapat dikembangkan dari misi tradisional ke misi rekonsiliasi. Pengutusan gereja bukan hanya dengan misi tradisional, seperti kristenisasi, melainkan pengutusan untuk misi rekonsiliasi dan perdamaian di dunia. Pengutusan gereja dengan misi rekonsiliasi dan perdamaian inilah yang penting dan harus dijalankan dalam konteks kemajemukan agama di Indonesia.

This article aims to explore hospitality as the basic character needed in developing interreligious dialogues. The underlying idea is that every religion has its particular characteristics of hospitality that can be valuable to start an effective dialogue. The author discerns the local wisdom phrased as hidup orang basudara as one of the chracteristics of the Moluccan hospitality that can be used to develop interreligious dialogue in Molucca, Indonesia. By drawing insights from the derriderian concept of “true hospitality” that surpasses ‘friendship’, hospitality model is offered as a better alternative in the praxis of building interreligious dialogue. This model is also considered more relevant to the people of Molucca, especially among the Christians and the Muslims, during the post-conflict period. The concept of hospitality is in line with some of the Moluccan local wisdoms that are explored in this article as well. In order to embark on the journey of reconciliation, people are invited to go beyond friendship, that is, towards living together as brothers and sisters.