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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.
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.
Economic Policy in Crisis: An Analysis of Disaster Management and Asset Centralization According to Genesis 47 Sukanto Limbong; Daniel Panjaitan
Journal of Economics and Social Sciences (JESS) Vol. 5 No. 1 (2026): Journal of Economics and Social Sciences (JESS)
Publisher : CV. Civiliza Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.59525/jess.1795

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Food crises frequently serve as catalysts for massive structural transformations within a state's political economy. This article analyzes the famine-relief policies in Genesis 47:13–26, focusing on the duality between disaster management and asset centralization by the Egyptian throne through Joseph's bureaucracy. Utilizing a biblical political economy framework and socio-historical analysis, this study examines how famine mitigation shifted from an emergency relief scheme into a systematic instrument of land nationalization and the subjugation of the peasantry.The findings reveal that while Joseph’s state-led disaster management successfully preserved human life, it demanded an exorbitant structural price: the eradication of private landownership and the transformation of free citizens into state-dependent serfs. This centralization of assets created a precedent of fiscal imperialism that reinforced Pharaonic absolutism. The article concludes that the narrative of Genesis 47 does not merely record a logistical success, but functions as a sharp theological and ethical critique against exploiting crises for the accumulation of institutional power. This study offers a vital contribution to contemporary economic ethics regarding agrarian justice in emergency contexts.
Bribery and Justice in Exodus 23:1–9: Implications for Anti-Corruption Frameworks in Indonesia Sukanto Limbong; Daniel Razsekar Panjaitan
Rechtsvinding Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026)
Publisher : Civiliza Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.59525/rechtsvinding.1930

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This article examines the prohibition of bribery and the mandate for impartial justice in Exodus 23:1–9, exploring its theological-ethical foundations and implications for anti-corruption frameworks in Indonesia. Employing literary-rhetorical analysis and contextual hermeneutics, the study investigates the pericope's chiastic structure, legal setting, and Hebrew terminology—particularly šōḥad (bribe) and ṣedeq (justice). The findings demonstrate that the text reframes bribery not as a procedural violation but as a theological offense that distorts judicial perception, subverts righteousness, and fractures communal integrity. Uniquely, the injunction is anchored in Israel's collective memory of Egyptian oppression (v. 9), grounding justice in empathetic solidarity—a dimension largely absent from modern anti-corruption discourse. The article contends that Exodus 23:1–9 offers a robust ethical paradigm for reinvigorating anti-corruption efforts in Indonesia, providing moral resources for reinforcing judicial integrity, protecting the vulnerable, and fostering ethical formation among public officials. By bridging biblical ethics with contemporary governance challenges, this study demonstrates that the ancient text's vision of justice—rooted in impartiality, compassion, and collective memory—constitutes a transformative framework for addressing systemic corruption in Indonesia's judicial institutions.
SONG IN A FOREIGN LAND: A POSTCOLONIAL READING OF PSALM 137 IN THE CONTEXT OF PE Daniel Razsekar Panjaitan; Sukanto Limbong
Diegesis : Jurnal Teologi Vol 11 No 2 (2026): DIEGESIS: JURNAL TEOLOGI
Publisher : STT Bethel Indonesia Jakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46933/DGS.vol11i2%p

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Psalm 137 preserves the collective trauma of the people of Judah in the aftermath of the Babylonian exile. This article analyses Psalm 137 through a postcolonial hermeneutical approach in order to disclose the dynamics of imperial hegemony, cultural resistance, and the preservation of communal identity under conditions of domination. Employing a qualitative library-based method, the study proposes that Babylon's demand that the Judean exiles sing the "songs of Zion" may be read not as a neutral request for entertainment, but as a practice of cultural domination that sought to appropriate and control the identity of the colonised community. Conversely, the refusal to sing, the vow to remember Jerusalem, and the lament articulated in the psalm are interpreted as forms of symbolic resistance against imperial power. The article then brings this reading into dialogue with documented struggles for customary land among the Toba Batak community in North Sumatra. Since this is a library-based study, the contextual discussion draws on scholarly literature, advocacy reports (e.g., AMAN, KSPPM), and documented legal cases rather than on ethnographic fieldwork. In this comparative light, the psalm illuminates analogous patterns in the defence of ancestral land, collective memory, and cultural identity amid contemporary forms of marginalisation. The article therefore argues that Psalm 137 is not merely a historical record of suffering, but a text of resistance that remains theologically and ethically relevant for communities confronting domination, dispossession, and injustice in the present.
Inclusivism and the Integration of Foreigners: A Socio-Theological Narrative Reading of the Book of Ruth in the Dialectic of Community Identity Sukanto Limbong; Daniel Razsekar Panjaitan
Social Science Academic Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026)
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Sunan Giri Ponorogo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37680/ssa.10599

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Tensions regarding identity boundaries and the marginalization of foreigners frequently dominate both ancient and modern socio-religious discourses. Within the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Ruth offers a compelling counter-narrative to rigid exclusivity by embedding the Moabite outsider at the center of communal restoration and redemptive history. This article explores the dynamics of inclusivism and the integration of foreigners through a socio-theological narrative reading of the Book of Ruth within the dialectic of community identity. Utilizing qualitative narrative analysis integrated with socio-scientific insights, the study examines how characterization, plot trajectories, and socio-cultural institutions—specifically chesed (covenantal loyalty) and go’el (kinsman-redeemer)—redefine boundary-making mechanisms between Israelite insiders and Moabite outsiders. The findings demonstrate that Ruth’s narrative deconstructs xenophobic paradigms by portraying social integration not as passive assimilation, but as a dynamic, reciprocal process driven by radical ethical solidarity and divine providence. Ultimately, the Book of Ruth provides a transformative socio-theological framework for contemporary debates on migration, social inclusion, and the reconstruction of inclusive communal identities.
Dalihan Na Tolu dan Boras Si Pir Ni Tondi: Sosioteologi Kekerabatan dalam Pemulihan Trauma Kolektif Sukanto Limbong; Daniel Razsekar Panjaitan
Socius: Jurnal Penelitian Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial Vol 4, No 2 (2026): September 2026
Publisher : Penerbit Yayasan Daarul Huda Kruengmane

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22229368

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This article examines the practice of Boras Si Pir Ni Tondi in Toba Batak culture as a mechanism for recovering from collective trauma following disasters, using a kinship-centered sociotheological approach grounded in the structure of Dalihan Na Tolu. Drawing on the response of the Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP) Church to the victims of the flash floods in December 2025, this study argues that the effectiveness of the ritual lies not merely in the symbolism of rice, but in the kinship relationships that activate it. Within the framework of Dalihan Na Tolu, hula-hula (blessers) function as channels of spiritual and social restoration, dongan tubu (clan members) provide collective solidarity, and boru (recipients) affirm the restoration of their identity as integral members of a whole community. Through qualitative literature review and participant observation, the study finds that the ritual operates on two levels: sociologically, it restores kinship networks disrupted by disaster; theologically, it conveys blessing and hope to survivors. This study recommends strengthening the role of local kinship structures in community-based disaster response protocols.
Co-Authors Daniel Panjaitan Daniel Razsekar Panjaitan