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Josua Estomihi Butarbutar
Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana
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Letting Go To Become Whole, Celebrating The Love-Sorrow Theopoetics Through the Mystical Path of Meister Eckhart in the Song “I Love You But I’m Letting Go” by Pamungkas Josua Estomihi Butarbutar; August Corneles Tamawiwy
Studia Philosophica et Theologica Vol. 26 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : Litbang STFT Widya Sasana Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35312/studia.v26i1.844

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This article explores the concept of radical letting go (Gelassenheit) as a path to self-wholeness, integrating the mysticism of Meister Eckhart and the theopoetics proposed by John D. Caputo, using the song "I Love You But I'm Letting Go" (Pamungkas) as a case study. Letting go—whether in human relationships, images of God, or the ego—is analyzed as an act of liberating faith, where love-sorrow—simultaneously wound and love—becomes the sacred space for divine birth. Through a radical hermeneutic approach, the study reveals that: Detachment (Abgeschiedenheit) and the emptiness of the soul are prerequisites for union with the Divine (Grunt/ground). Furthermore, Pamungkas' song reflects the dynamics of creatio ex profundis—the birth of meaning from chaos (tehom), aligning with Caputo's critique of creatio ex nihilo. Additionally, trauma and wounds are not failures, but living witnesses that shape true identity and open space for "the impossible." Finally, the act of "letting go" is a contemporary liturgy celebrating fragility, simultaneously responding to the divine "insistence" that works within the uncertainty of an event. In conclusion, the theopoetics of this song offer a paradox where wholeness is achieved precisely through total release—even from images of God and self—allowing humans to become a "home" for the Divine that celebrates life in freedom, fragility, and wholeness.
Akal Rohani Imitasi di Realitas Gereja Virtual: Sebuah Pneumatologi Eklesial Komuni Josua Estomihi Butarbutar
Indonesian Journal of Theology Vol 14 No 1 (2026): Edisi Reguler
Publisher : Asosiasi Teolog Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46567/ijt.v14i1.651

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This article proposes an ecclesial communion pneumatology as a theological framework for a virtual church that operates through artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR). Specifically, it answers the ontological and theological questions pertaining to whether the Holy Spirit is present and works in digital liturgy mediated by technologies, as well as how AI might be an instrument for genuine personal connectedness. This research employs a transdisciplinary descriptive qualitative method drawing from John Zizioulas’s ecclesial communion, Amos Yong’s theology of participation, and discourses on vanity and theopoetics, articles on AI and VR, church documents, and metaverse studies. The author’s reflection oscillates among the aesthetics of digital sacred space, contemporary spirituality, and cultural critiques. The result is an understanding of the Holy Spirit that constitutes the church in her relational and ecstatic “mode of being,” therefore provoking an idea of the digital medium (AI/VR) as a space where the Spirit establishes ecclesial hypostasis—the church’s identity no longer identified by spatial and physical limits—insofar as such a medium facilitates, not substitutes for, personalized love relations. The virtual church, as this article concludes, must be perceived in terms of a new expression of the communion reality that is already present in the God of the Trinity
Co-Authors August Corneles Tamawiwy