Teologi Universal: Solusi Mencegah Kekerasan Berlatar Agama

Abstract

No religion teaches the ugliness and the violence. All religions are<br />expecting goodness and peace for all people. Even no text (Scriptures)<br />allow people to do crime or violence to another religious community. The<br />Phenomenon in Indonesia that mutual tolerance towards all religions<br />(Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity and Catholicism<br />in Chinese) was an example that religion could give benefction and<br />make soul people peace. But, to achieve that goal was not easy. The<br />Differenciations in the perception, a shallow understanding of doctrine<br />and narrow understanding were the triggers of violence based on religion,<br />because of each group has their own truth claim. One of the way to<br />make them peace and more sympathy was through contextualization of<br />a plural society.<br />Tidaklah ada agama yang mengajarkan keburukan dan kekerasan.<br />Semua agama mengharapkan kebaikan dan kedamaian bagi seluruh<br />umat manusia. Bahkan dalam teks (Kitab Suci) tidak ada satupun<br />ayat yang menghalalkan untuk berbuat kejahatan apalagi kekerasan<br />antar kelompok yang berlatar agama. Fenomena di Indonesia yang saling<br />toleransi terhadap semua agama (Islam, Kristen, Budha, Hindu, Kristen<br />Katolik dan Tionghoa) adalah contoh bahwa agama sesungguhnya bisa<br />menjadikan dasar jiwa manusia untuk selalu berbuat kebajikan demi<br />mencapai kedamaian. Namun untuk mencapai tujuan luhur tersebut<br />tidaklah mudah. Perbedaan persepsi, doktrin, dan pemahaman yang<br />dangkal dianggap sebagai pemicu terjadinya kekerasan yang berlatar<br />agama, sebab masing-masing kelompok memiliki klaim kebenaran. <br />Klaim kebenaran sangatlah melekat kuat pada semua agama. Untuk mendamaikan<br />klaim kebenaran tersebut adalah dengan cara menempatkannya dalam<br />konteks masyarakat yang plural.<br /><br />

Finding Religious Moderation in Pondok Pesantren: Religious Moderation Education at Pondok Pesantren in Central Kalimantan

“…The emergence of various forms of violence is motivated by an understanding of textual religious teachings and denial of other perspectives in understanding religious teachings. This condition then gave birth to exclusivism in religion and gave rise to truth claims (Tajrid 2012;Firdausi 2013;Isnaini 2021;Yunaldi, Sobirin, and Mualimin 2021). In line with that, Jalil (2021) states that there are at least four characters behind violence and fundamentalism in the name of religion.…”

Religious Moderation and Meditation in the New Normal

“…All religions teach goodness and try to prevent violence from a religious background (Firdausi, 2013). Moderation values in Islam have been contained in the Holy Text (Mussafa, 2019).…”

The Actualization of Liberal Indonesian Multicultural Thought in Developing Community Harmonization

“…Ideally, conflicts should no longer occur in religious doctrines because each religion teaches values about peace, compassion, brotherhood, equality, respect for belief, togetherness, human rights, mutual respect, and cooperation in solving problems together (Firdausi, 2013). Social approaches contributed to egalitarianism and attempted to erode feudalism in society (Baidhawy, 2007).…”