Alvin Budiman Kristian
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Apakah Orang Kristen Boleh Bermeditasi? Tinjauan Teologis Pandangan New Age Movement Shendy Carolina Lumintang; Stefanus Padan; Alvin Budiman Kristian
Jurnal Teologi Berita Hidup Vol 6, No 1 (2023): September 2023
Publisher : Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Berita Hidup

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.38189/jtbh.v6i1.452

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Artikel ini bertujuan untuk meninjau tentang meditasi New Age Movement secara teologis, sehingga memberikan wawasan dan mendorong orang Kristen untuk memiliki sikap kritis terhadap meditasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian integratif (teologi integratif). Praktik meditasi bagi New Age Movement meniadakan wahyu dan penebusan Yesus Kristus, selain itu meniadakan fakta manusia berdosa. Orang Kristen yang memberlakukan meditasi dalam kekristenan perlu merekonstruksi pemahaman secara teologis.
HOPE FROM THE ASHES: A TRAUMA-HERMENEUTIC READING OF LAMENTATIONS 3 IN THE CONTEXT OF COLLECTIVE CRISIS Alvin Budiman Kristian
THEOLOGIA INSANI: Jurnal Theologia, Pendidikan, dan Misiologia Integratif Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026) : Juli 2026
Publisher : STAK Reformed Remnant Internasional

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58700/theologiainsani.v5i2.211

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Issues ranging from post-pandemic trauma to escalating global violence have triggered a spiritual silence and a theological crisis regarding the existence of God. This article aims to formulate a grounded theology of hope through a trauma-hermeneutic reading of Lamentations 3. Employing a qualitative-interpretative method that analyzes poetic structure and transitions, the research reveals that the triple alphabetic acrostic structure of Lamentations 3 is not merely a literary device but an instrument of cognitive containment that organizes the chaos of traumatic experience. The study’s novelty lies in positioning verses 21–22 as a *locus theologicus*, where wounds are understood not as the absence of God, but as a revelatory space for divine *hesed* (steadfast love) at work "between" destruction and restoration. Ultimately, Lamentations 3 offers a model of hope that is not naive—a hope born from the depths of the ashes of suffering. This study contributes significantly to the church's pastoral praxis in accompanying grieving communities by validating narratives of woundedness as an integral part of the journey of faith.