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Air Hidup bagi Kaum Marjinal: Pembacaan Teologi Migran dari Yohanes 4:1-40 Sukanto Limbong; Daniel Razsekar Panjaitan
Immanuel: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristen Vol 6, No 2 (2025): OKTOBER 2025
Publisher : Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Sumatera Utara

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46305/im.v6i2.534

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This study highlights the urgency of a migrant theological reading of John 4:1–40 in light of global forced migration and marginalization, aiming to provide a relevant theological framework for the contemporary church. Employing a qualitative approach through exegetical, historical, and theological analysis of John’s narrative, combined with contextual reflection on the experiences of Indonesian migrant workers in Seberang Perai, Malaysia, the study demonstrates that Jesus’ journey through Samaria (dei) represents a divine imperative to cross ethnic, gender, and social boundaries. His encounter with the Samaritan woman reveals the promise of “living water” as a new identity that liberates the marginalized from social stigma. The study concludes that the church is called to become a “modern Jacob’s well,” a space of encounter, solidarity, and empowerment that transforms migrants from passive recipients into active agents of mission, while affirming an ecclesiology centered on migrants and the shared identity of believers as “pilgrim people” in Christ. AbstrakKajian ini menyoroti urgensi pembacaan teologi migran terhadap Yohanes 4:1–40 dalam konteks global migrasi paksa dan marginalisasi, dengan tujuan menghadirkan kerangka teologis yang relevan bagi gereja masa kini. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan analisis eksegetis, historis, dan teologis terhadap teks Yohanes, dipadukan dengan refleksi kontekstual pada pengalaman Pekerja Migran Indonesia di Seberang Perai, Malaysia. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perjalanan Yesus melintasi Samaria (dei) merupakan keharusan ilahi yang menegaskan misi untuk melintasi batas etnis, gender, dan sosial, sementara perjumpaan-Nya dengan perempuan Samaria menyingkapkan janji “air hidup” sebagai identitas baru yang membebaskan kaum marjinal dari stigma sosial. Studi ini menyimpulkan bahwa gereja dipanggil menjadi “Sumur Yakub modern,” yakni ruang perjumpaan, solidaritas, dan pemberdayaan yang mengubah migran dari penerima pasif menjadi agen misi aktif, sekaligus menegaskan eklesiologi yang berpusat pada migran dan identitas umat sebagai “peziarah” dalam Kristus.
Reading Elijah’s Exhaustion at Mount Horeb: A Pastoral Approach to Ministry Burnout Hartono Sinaga; Daniel Razsekar Panjaitan
Social Science Academic Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025)
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Sunan Giri Ponorogo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37680/ssa.10071

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The phenomenon of burnout in Christian ministry has become a critical pastoral concern amidst intensifying organizational demands and elevated spiritual expectations. Often, physical, emotional, and spiritual exhaustion are inadequately addressed, leading to their mischaracterization as failures of faith or personal spiritual deficiency. This article examines the narrative of Elijah’s exhaustion on Mount Horeb (1 Kgs 19:1–18) through a pastoral lens, employing a religious coping framework to provide a constructive theological response. By utilizing a methodology of biblical narrative analysis in dialogue with pastoral theology and empirical research on ministerial burnout, this study contends that Elijah’s crisis reflects the profound human fragility inherent in divine service. The narrative reveals a sophisticated model of religious coping mediated by the divine presence, evidenced through the validation of somatic needs, the provision of a therapeutic space for lament, and the reaffirmation of vocational identity. The findings indicate that divine restoration is not invariably manifested through spectacular interventions but through empathetic and restorative relational processes. This study concludes that the Horeb narrative serves as a vital pastoral model for the contemporary church. It challenges the prevailing culture of ministerial perfectionism and advocates for a holistic framework—integrating spiritual, psychological, and communal dimensions—to address burnout. By reframing exhaustion not as the termination of a calling but as a potential locus for theological transformation, this research offers a praxis-oriented approach for sustaining leaders in an era of increasing vocational instability.
Spatial-Material Memory Pedagogy: Deconstructing the Educational Model of Deuteronomy 6:4-9 in Digital Learning Spaces Sukanto Limbong; Daniel Razsekar Panjaitan
Global Education Journal Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026): Global Education Journal (GEJ)
Publisher : Civiliza Publishing, Indonesia.

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.59525/gej.1752

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The rapid migration of contemporary education into virtual environments has engineered an ontological crisis characterized by disembodied learning and digital learning space alienation. As instructional interactions are reduced to frictionless screens, students are increasingly severed from the physical geographies and tangible materials vital for shaping ethical consciousness and collective memory. This study addresses this theoretical gap by executing a qualitative deconstruction of Deuteronomy 6:4–9, reframing it from a narrow theological dogma into an ancient Near Eastern curricular artifact of resilience. Grounded in philosophical-pedagogical hermeneutics and a Derridean deconstructive approach, the study analyzes the semantic and syntactic functions of the Hebrew Masoretic text's spatial-itinerant verbs (yashab, halak, shakab, qum) and material-semiotic objects (’oth, totaphoth, mezuzah), dialectically juxtaposing them with contemporary frameworks of spatial pedagogy and new materialism. The analysis extracts a novel conceptual model termed the "Spatial-Material Pedagogy of Memory." The findings reveal that verse 7 establishes a "Liquid yet Place-Anchored Curriculum" that reclaims everyday geographical trajectories against digital non-places, while verses 8–9 deploy a "Curriculum of Materiality" that utilizes physical tokens and architectural thresholds to counteract digital amnesia through embodied cognition. Ultimately, this model destabilizes the technocentric hegemony of modern educational technology, offering a robust philosophical foundation for future hybrid curricula that intentionally bind digital tools to local physical ecologies and corporeal craftsmanship.