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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)
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.