This study aims to (1) describe the views of the Toraja people about the tana' system; (2) Analyzing the Christology of Liberation in correlation with the practice of the tana' system in Toraja and (3) Constructing a Christology of Liberation which brings a transformative function to the self-understanding of the Kaunan (servants) in church and social life. The method used is a qualitative method with an anthropological paradigm and an ethnographic approach through literature review and field research (interviews and observations). The results of this study found that the tana' system is understood as a social stratum or level in society that leads to duties and responsibilities that are accepted as a way of regulating social life. The Christology of liberation brings a transformative function to every land' that gives birth to love and justice. Love moves the nobility (the highest tana') to embrace and express concern for the people who are accepted as fellow creatures who are in the same image and similar to God as well as co-workers with God in the sphere of service. Likewise, love brings you to understand yourself as a creation that is in the same image and similar to God who has also been redeemed through Jesus Christ to feel worthy, embraced and loved.
This research raises the issue of water in the framework of the theme of world water day 2021, managing water to maintain life, in a review of hermeneutics theology. The main question to be answered is what is the contribution (study and solution) of hermeneutics theology to the problem of water in order to maintain life? This research includes literature research and is qualitative in nature which aims to construct meaning on selected reading sources. The method used is critical hermeneutic reading on written and selected sources as material to build a discourse on water. Critical hermeneutics is the art of understanding reality through virtue and practical action (phronesis) which starts from self-criticism and raises the morality of living just and good with other creatures, in this case with water. This study finds that through the study of hermeneutics theology, water is a sacred gift of God, namely God’s self-gift for the entire created world. Water is a public theological issue that crosses faiths and cultures, forming a cosmic interfaith and cultural fellowship that fertilizes each other in a sustainable web of life.
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