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Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat
ISSN : 28286944     EISSN : 28286820     DOI : 10.55606
Core Subject : Education,
Sub Rumpun ILMU PENGETAHUAN (ILMU) AGAMA 1 Agama Islam 2 Agama Katolik 3 Agama Kristen dan Teologia 4 Sosiologi Agama 5 Agama (Filsafat) Hindu, Budha, dan Lain Yang Belum Tercantum Sub Rumpun ILMU FILSAFAT 1 Filsafat 2 Ilmu Religi dan Budaya 3 Filsafat Lain Yang Belum Tercantum
Arjuna Subject : Umum - Umum
Articles 411 Documents
Konsep Kebahagian Tertinggi dalam Pemikiran Boethius: Analisis Kritis terhadap Budaya Konsumerisme
Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): Agustus : Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55606/jurrafi.v5i2.9155

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Consumerism is an attitude, mindset, and lifestyle that prioritizes superficial desires. It is influenced by the development of globalization, which has had an impact on people’s lives, both in the cultural and technological fields. Currently, consumerism is a trend in society, with people competing to find happiness by purchasing items that suit their desires, and sometimes seeking recognition from others through consumerist behavior. The rapid development of globalization has greatly influenced today’s societal mindset, with people preferring superficial happiness without considering the impact behind it. The birth of consumerism is inseparable from the rapid development of technology, in this case social media. The presence of social media makes it easier for people to access various things, so that consumerism culture thrives because social media has provided various things. This concept is inversely proportional to Boethius’s concept of happiness. Boethius’s concept of happiness is not about superficial or temporary happiness (wealth, pleasure, and recognition from others), but true, eternal happiness. The purpose of this paper is to understand Boethius’s concept of supreme happiness, which will serve as a critique of consumerist culture. This research uses qualitative methods with a literature review approach (research gap), as well as a philosophical analysis of Boethius’s work, specifically regarding supreme happiness. The results indicate that Boethius’s concept of supreme happiness lies not in material wealth, social recognition, or pleasure, but rather in a relationship with the Divine, or transcendence. Therefore, the implication of this research is the need to reorient society’s understanding of true happiness.
Media Digital sebagai Distraksi Loyalitas Iman pada Remaja Katolik dalam Berelasi dengan Allah di Tengah Pluralisme Agama di Indonesia
Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): Agustus : Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55606/jurrafi.v5i2.9162

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The study aims to analyze the role of digital media as a distracting factor affecting the faith loyalty of Catholic adolescents in their relationship with God amid religious pluralism in Indonesia. The development of digital media has transformed how adolescents understand, express, and live out their faith, while simultaneously presenting both opportunities and ambivalent challenges. This research employs a qualitative approach using a library research method, analyzing various theological, sociological sources, and Church documents. The findings indicate that digital media can serve as a broad and participatory space for expressing faith, but it also has the potential to create distractions in three main dimensions: cognitive, affective, and practical. Cognitively, adolescents experience confusion in understanding faith teachings due to the diversity of information available. Affectively, there is a shift in orientation from a relationship with God toward the pursuit of emotional gratification in digital spaces. Practically, there is a decline in engagement in concrete religious practices. Within the context of religious pluralism, this complexity intensifies and influences the formation of adolescents’ faith identity. This study also finds that digital media does not only have negative impacts but also holds positive potential as a means of deepening faith when used critically and reflectively. Therefore, the role of the Church is essential through contextual, dialogical, and integrative pastoral accompaniment combined with critical digital literacy. Through this approach, adolescents are expected to integrate their digital experiences into a more mature, authentic faith life rooted in a deeper relationship with God.
Iman di Balik Layar: Krisis dan Peluang Spiritualitas Remaja Katolik Dalam Fenomena ‘Keuskupan Roblox’
Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): Agustus : Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55606/jurrafi.v5i2.9164

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The rapid development of digital technology has significantly transformed the ways in which faith is experienced, particularly in the lives of adolescents. From the perspectives of digital religion and mediatization of religion, digital space is no longer merely a medium, but has become a cultural arena that actively shapes religious practices and meanings. The study aims to analyze these dynamics, especially within the context of Generation Alpha, by examining the opportunities and challenges that emerge in the lived experience of faith in the digital age. The findings indicate that digital environments offer creative, participatory, and contextual opportunities for evangelization, enabling young people to engage actively in constructing their religious experiences. However, this dynamic is inherently ambivalent, as it also risks reducing the meaning of faith to symbolic, instant, and less sacramentally grounded experiences, detached from the communal life of the Church. Furthermore, the formation of religious identity in digital spaces tends to be fluid and performative, potentially leading to superficial relationships and fragmented identities. Therefore, technologically mediated religious experience should be understood as a bridge, rather than a substitute, for authentic faith encounters. The Church is thus called to adopt adaptive and reflective pastoral approaches, positioning media as a means of fostering communio without obscuring the essence of faith. An integrative approach through the synergy of Church, family, and educational institutions is essential to balance digital literacy and spiritual depth, ensuring that adolescent faith continues to grow reflectively and remains rooted in real-life experience.
Tinjauan Spiritualitas Ignatian dalam Tulisan Refleksi Siswa Smk Katolik St. Mikael Surakarta
Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): Agustus : Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55606/jurrafi.v5i2.9165

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The study highlights the importance of spirituality as a foundational framework for shaping adolescents’ life orientation in the complex digital era, marked by pervasive distractions and fragmented meaning. Ignatian spirituality, emphasizing reflection and lived experience as loci of encounter with God, provides a contextual approach to help adolescents construct deeper existential meaning. The study aims to examine how reflective practices within this framework support students of SMK Katolik St. Mikael Surakarta in internalizing spiritual values and navigating digital challenges. Using a qualitative descriptive case study design, data were collected from 195 reflective writings of twelfth-grade students and reduced to 90 representative samples. The film Hacksaw Ridge was employed as a reflective stimulus to enhance affective and existential engagement. Data analysis was conducted using the four pillars of Jesuit education: Competence, Conscience, Compassion, and Commitment. The findings reveal that all reflections contain at least one element of the 4C framework integrated with Ignatian spirituality. Reflection serves not only as a medium of self-expression but also as a transformative process fostering moral awareness, social sensitivity, and commitment to action. It effectively enables students to process both personal and digital experiences into meaningful learning. The study affirms the strong relevance of integrating spirituality, reflection, and Ignatian pedagogy in contemporary education, contributing to the formation of reflective, value-oriented individuals committed to the common good.
Paradigma Kebahagiaan Cinta Thomas Aquinas dan Pendidikan Seksualitas Kaum Religius dalam Summa Contra Gentiles
Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): Agustus : Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55606/jurrafi.v5i2.9211

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Human happiness does not lie in physical pleasure, victory, wealth, honour, worldly power, a beautiful body, or the senses. People in religious communities seek something deeper, contemplating and acknowledging the highest value in union with God. Thomas Aquinas, in his Summa Contra Gentiles, arguments that human happiness lies in the contemplation of God, through which one attains peace and fulfilment in total self-surrender to God. However, in the lived experience of religious communities, a fear of matters related to sexuality is evident. Indeed, some misunderstand and misinterpret these matters, resulting in monks and nuns who become cold, dry, and rigid, acting in ways that violate sexual morality, thereby disrupting or even destroying—their ministry due to such improper conduct. Based on this, the author recognises the importance of education and the appreciation of sexual values for religious communities. Using a literature review method involving relevant books, journals, articles, and Church documents with a theological approach, it was found that the education of religious people requires aspects of happiness and sexuality education. The results of the study indicate that Thomas Aquinas’s concept of happiness can bridge religious life with sexuality education, which is one aspect that must be understood and lived out. Therefore, the happiness of love and the sexuality education of religious people need to be explored and lived out in the course of living and experiencing life as a religious person.
Analisis Konsep Kehendak Bebas dalam Pemikiran Santo Agustinus dan Implikasinya terhadap Tindakan Dosa Manusia
Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): Agustus : Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55606/jurrafi.v5i2.9218

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This article examines the moral philosophy of Saint Augustine, focusing on the concept of free will and its implications for human sinful actions. The study aims to provide a philosophical and theological understanding of Augustine’s concept of free will and to analyze its correlation with human acts of sin. Augustine conceives of free will as a rational capacity inherent in human beings, enabling them to make conscious choices. In its essence, this freedom is oriented toward the good. However, due to the fallen condition of humanity, the will becomes disordered and is directed toward things that are lower than the highest good. Therefore, there exists an inherent correlation between free will and sinful action, wherein sin is understood as the manifestation of a misused will. Accordingly, the thought of Saint Augustine of Hippo affirms that free will is an essential gift that enables human beings to make conscious choices, including the choice to commit sin. Free will does not stand apart from moral reality; rather, it serves as the foundation for explaining that sin occurs as a result of the deviation of the human will from the highest good, namely God. Thus, it can be asserted that there is a clear, close, and inseparable correlation between Augustine’s concept of free will and human sinful action.
Konseling Pastoral terhadap Orang Tua Kristen yang Mengalami Kelelahan Emosional dalam Mengasuh Anak
Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): April : Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55606/jurrafi.v3i1.9359

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Christian parents frequently negotiate intensive caregiving expectations, moral responsibility, economic pressure, and ecclesial ideals of faithful family life. These demands may produce emotional exhaustion that resembles parental burnout but is often interpreted only as spiritual weakness or lack of discipline. This constructive study aims to formulate a restorative-integrative model of pastoral counseling for Christian parents who experience emotional exhaustion in childrearing. The method is a qualitative literature study using integrative narrative synthesis of peer-reviewed studies on parental burnout, religious coping, family support, and Christian pastoral counseling. The analysis identifies four central findings: emotional exhaustion is the core symptom that drives distancing and reduced parental efficacy; burnout emerges from an imbalance between risks and resources; spiritual narratives can function either as resources or as sources of guilt; and pastoral counseling is most constructive when it combines empathic presence, theological reframing, emotion regulation, communal support, and referral ethics. The study implies that churches need pastoral systems that normalize help-seeking, protect parents from moralistic judgment, and connect spiritual care with psychologically informed intervention.
Konseling Pastoral terhadap Jemaat yang Mengalami Perasaan Tidak Berharga
Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): April : Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55606/jurrafi.v3i1.9360

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This article addresses the pastoral problem of congregants who experience persistent feelings of worthlessness, a condition that often appears at the intersection of shame, fragile self-worth, social isolation, and distorted religious interpretation. The objective is to construct a Christian pastoral counseling framework that is biblically grounded, psychologically informed, and ecclesially accountable. This study uses a qualitative constructive literature design through critical synthesis of recent journal articles and classical pastoral counseling. The analysis identifies four main findings. First, worthlessness should not be reduced to moral weakness or lack of faith because it involves psychological, relational, and spiritual dynamics. Second, churches may either intensify shame through stigma and spiritual reductionism or become restorative communities through hospitality, lament, and safe accompaniment. Third, pastoral counseling requires a movement from empathic assessment, validation, and narrative clarification toward theological reframing of identity in Christ. Fourth, responsible pastoral care includes collaboration with mental health professionals when risk, trauma, or clinical symptoms exceed pastoral competence. The implication is a constructive model in which pastoral counseling helps congregants reinterpret self-worth through grace, embodied community, and disciplined referral rather than through advice-giving or doctrinal correction alone.
Konseling Pastoral Kristen bagi Jemaat yang Mengalami Trauma akibat Penolakan Sosial
Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): April : Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55606/jurrafi.v3i1.9361

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This article constructs a Christian pastoral counseling framework for congregants who experience trauma caused by social rejection. Social rejection within family, peer, workplace, or church communities may wound identity, belonging, agency, and spiritual meaning; however, pastoral responses often remain either overly moralistic or merely consolatory. The objective of this study is to formulate a trauma-informed and theologically accountable model of pastoral counseling that can be used by local church ministers without replacing professional mental health care. This study uses a qualitative constructive literature review by synthesizing recent studies on trauma-informed care, social exclusion, religious coping, chaplaincy, and pastoral theology published before 2024. The analysis identifies five core findings: trauma from social rejection is primarily relational; pastoral care must begin with safety, consent, and validation; theological interpretation should resist victim-blaming; congregational belonging is part of recovery; and referral ethics are necessary when symptoms exceed pastoral competence. The proposed model integrates safe presence, narrative listening, theological reconstruction, communal restoration, and clinical referral. The implication is that churches need a pastoral counseling culture that protects wounded congregants from retraumatization while sustaining spiritual hope, relational repair, and responsible interdisciplinary collaboration.
Konseling Pastoral bagi Korban Kekerasan dalam Rumah Tangga di Lingkungan Gereja
Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): April : Jurnal Riset Rumpun Agama dan Filsafat
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55606/jurrafi.v3i1.9362

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Domestic violence remains a critical pastoral problem because survivors in church communities often face not only physical, psychological, sexual, and economic harm, but also spiritual narratives that may either sustain recovery or silence disclosure. This constructive qualitative study aims to formulate a Christian pastoral counseling model for survivors of domestic violence in church settings. The study applies a library-based practical-theological design by critically synthesizing peer-reviewed literature on intimate partner violence, faith-based responses, trauma- and violence-informed care, pastoral theology, Indonesian legal norms, and church-related studies. The findings show that pastoral counseling for survivors must be structured around safety rather than immediate marital reconciliation; interpret Scripture through dignity, justice, and protection of the vulnerable; recognize religious coercive control as a form of harm; integrate emotional stabilization with spiritual care; and build referral networks with psychological, legal, medical, and social services. The article proposes an integrated PASTORAL-SAFE model that combines risk assessment, survivor affirmation, trauma stabilization, theological reframing, social support, professional referral, perpetrator accountability, and long-term pastoral accompaniment. The implication is that churches need written protocols, trained pastoral teams, confidentiality standards, and collaborative safeguarding systems to prevent pastoral responses from unintentionally reproducing violence.