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Fenomena Pemberhalaan Agama Parulihan Sipayung
Indonesian Journal of Theology Vol 2 No 2 (2014): Edisi Reguler - Desember 2014
Publisher : Asosiasi Teolog Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (257.635 KB) | DOI: 10.46567/ijt.v2i2.73

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Religions tend to imprison God in their formulation. It is even not impossible that religions can replace God. The very act of replacing God is known as the idolatry of religion. Let God be God and religions be God’s hands to bring liberation to the world.
"THE MASKING GOD": Engaging Roger Haight and Wilfred Cantwell Smith in Search of the Living God in the Ongoing Deadly Covid-19 Pandemic Parulihan Sipayung
MAHABBAH: Journal of Religion and Education Vol 3, No 1 (2022): MAHABBAH: Journal of Religion and Education, Vol.3, No.1 (January 2022)
Publisher : Scriptura Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47135/mahabbah.v3i1.41

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This study phenomenologically aims to reconsider the understandings and practices of religions in ongoing deadly Covid-19 pandemics. Religions and their naivety have become the pandemic within pandemic. Religions pretend to behave like God and the followers obey them uncritically and sometimes irrationally. This study argues that religions should become a window that through it the followers can experience the liberating presence of God who is characteristically pro-life and love. I argue whatever concept of truth religions have, life, and love must be the character of true faith in a true God. This study limitedly investigates global religious phenomena during the covid-19 pandemic all over the world and endeavors to give a theological appraisal based on the theology of Roger Haight and Wilfred Cantwell Smith. In conclusion, I argue, God is indeed present in human life but not transparently. God reveals God-self with a theo-philosophical mask. Thus, God is a masking God.  Therefore, to understand God we should debunk the naïve understanding of religion and go beyond the religious phenomena to the absolute mysterious reality of God–The ‘Wholy Mysterious Other’.
Teologi Saintifik-Budaya Hosah terkait Sakralitas Udara: Sains, Budaya Simalungun, dan Kristianitas dalam Trialog Konstruktif Sipayung, Parulihan
Indonesian Journal of Theology Vol 11 No 2 (2023): Edisi Spesial - Studi-studi Perbandingan Agama
Publisher : Asosiasi Teolog Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46567/ijt.v11i2.362

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This study aims to develop a constructive theology of hosah through an interdisciplinary approach. The research involves a scientific understanding of air, the Simalungun cultural concept of hosah, and Christian theology of the Holy Spirit. It employs a trialogical method consisting of two stages, namely, descriptive-comparative and normative-constructive. The first stage explains the concepts of air, hosah, and Spirit from scientific, cultural, and theological perspectives, respectively. The second stage focuses on constructing a theology of hosah. The results of this trialogue critically analyze, enrich, and revise these concepts. Overall, the study concludes that air is more than just a gaseous compound; it is a sacred altar of life.
Teologi Publik, Pemberdayaan Ekonomi dan Kelestarian Ekologi di sekitar Danau Toba Sipayung, Parulihan; Purba, Posma; Saragih, Rice Irayuli; Banjarnahor, Cindy Yohana; Purba, Nuriani
Jurnal Teologi Cultivation Vol 8, No 1 (2024): JULI
Publisher : Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Tarutung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46965/jtc.v8i1.2407

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Riset ini bertujuan untuk meneliti potensi pengembangan ekonomi jemaat GKPS yang berdomisili di sekitar Danau Toba. Studi ini menandaskan bahwa pembangunan Danau Toba harus mempertimbangkan keseimbangan liberatif antara ekonomi, ekologi dan sumber daya manusia. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa pelaku ekonomi mikro lokal yang tinggal di sekitar Danau Toba tidak siap dengan persaingan nasional dan global dalam konteks kemajuan Danau Toba. Tanpa pendampingan dan pelatihan intensif bagi pelaku ekonomi mikro, jemaat dan masyarakat akan menjadi penonton dan kuli dalam perkembangan Danau Toba 20 tahun mendatang. Konsep kemajuan ekonomi dan kelestarian ekologi juga tidak seimbang. Riset ini menggunakan metode kombinasi kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Studi ini mengelaborasi teori teologi publik Paul S. Chung sebagai lensa untuk menganalisis korelasi teologi, ekonomi dan ekologi bagi kemajuan masyarakat di sekitar Danau Toba. Sebagai kesimpulan riset ini menawarkan konsep dan praksis pemberdayaan ekonomi dan ekologi liberatif sebagai spirit arsitektur kemajuan Danau Toba.
Implementing Lectio Divina in Spiritual Revitalization of Protestant Pastors in Indonesia Saragih, Jaharianson; Sipayung, Parulihan
DUNAMIS: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristiani Vol 10, No 1 (2025): Oktober 2025 (In Progress)
Publisher : Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Intheos Surakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30648/dun.v10i1.1771

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The purpose of this study is to explore and implement the practice of Lectio Divina and analyze its theological and practical implications for the spiritual growth of Lutheran pastors in North Sumatra, Indonesia. We argue that Lectio Divina is effective for enhancing the spirituality of pastors. This research employs a participatory action research design with qualitative orientation and limited quantitative pre-post measurement. There are several things this study aims to accomplish, namely: to explore the early understanding of Lectio Divina, to delve deeper into and to unravel the history of its emergence and development, and the application of this practice in the ecumenical church in the 21st century. This article also explains the four practical steps of the Lectio Divina spiritual formation. The research found that the implementation of Lectio Divina among pastors had a significant impact on their spiritual growth and behavior. Finally, the author proposes the practice of Lectio Divina can be contextually applied in Indonesian Lutheran churches.