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Melintas An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion
ISSN : 08520089     EISSN : 24068098     DOI : https://doi.org/10.26593
The aim of this Journal is to promote a righteous approach to exploration, analysis, and research on philosophy, humanities, culture and anthropology, phenomenology, ethics, religious studies, philosophy of religion, and theology. The scope of this journal allows for philosophy, humanities, philosophy of culture and anthropology, phenomenological philosophy, epistemology, ethics, business ethics, philosophy of religion, religious studies, theology, dogmatic theology, systematic theology, theology of sacrament, moral theology, biblical theology, and pastoral theology.
Articles 781 Documents
Memahami Konsep Kepentingan Diri menurut Agustinus dan Hobbes Alwino, Alfensius
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 34 No. 3 (2018)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (283.427 KB) | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v34i3.3458.233-247

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While for Plato, self-interest is a harmonization between reason, emotion, and lust, for Augustine, it is a dark act rooted in self-love. Plato is of the opinion that emotions and passions must be subordinated to reason. Augustine believes that reason, emotion, and lust are to be subjugated to the absolute God since God is the source of harmony. Hobbes dismisses the idea of God as the source of harmony because God is considered as a metaphysical concept that is incomprehensible and cannot be proven empirically. Hobbes’ approach is scientific and empirical. A society should be based not on the idea of God as the source of harmony, but on the power of the leviathan, because in Hobbes’ view the natural state of humans is bellum omnium contra omnes.
A Balthasarian ‘Ecclesiology’: Apprehending the Church with an Ecclesial Aesthetics Kristiatmo, Thomas
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 2 (2011)
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Ecclesiology might have put the center of its gravity on the modern rationality. As a result, this kind of ecclesiology might overlook the mystical yet beautiful side of the church, which seem to have a more unifying character to the already divided church. This article wants to explore with Hans Urs von Balthasar’s theology of aesthetics the origin and the characteristics of the church from the people around Jesus, the event of the cross, the form of revelation, the Eucharist, the sacrament, and the way of love. This sort of an ecclesial aesthetics is one of the different ways of apprehending the church. This way might contribute to the traditional understanding of the church that has been characterized with modern logical concepts. Balthasar is offering the way of apprehending the church through the pulchrum toward the more unifying engagement with the mystery of God, the revelation of God through Jesus Christ. Keywords:*Ecclesiology, *rationality, *beauty, *mystical theology, *form of revelation, *the way of love, *ecclesial aesthetics, *bonumet verum
Chronicles - August 2014 Tedjoworo, Hadrianus
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 30 No. 2 (2014)
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'Chronicles' is a journal column of "MELINTAS" which contains information about the various events, congresses, conferences, symposia, necrologies, publications, and periodicals in the fields of philosophy and theology.
LITERATURE AND EVIL : Dostoyevsky's Poetic Thinking On Evil Adian, Donny Gahral
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 24 No. 2 (2008)
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Philosophical and theological reflections claim evil as thebinary opposite of the good. This way of thinking cannotunderstand the evil of terror. To understand the nature of evilwe need a poetic way of thinking. A poetic way of thinking goesbeyond the binary of good and evil. Dostoyevsky locates evilwithin us contingent and finite human beings. Only byacknowledging this we can gain freedom to act and create.
Mekanisme-Mekanisme Justifikasi Kebenaran Religius Subianto Bunyamin, Antonius
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 26 No. 2 (2010)
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Religious justifications might have happened as a result of religion’s too much self confidence, if not of self absolutization that ended up in uncertainty. Perhaps religions need to be aware of Francis Bacon’s warning that “if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.” Religions need to do what Kant already called as pure critique when saying that reason’s autocritique has its own limitations. Religions need to carry on autocriticism and autoreflection so as not to fall into self absolutization. Instead of justifying itself, religion has to struggle to prove itself meaningful for individuals and communities, for the institution itself and other organizations. In lieu of justifying God, it has to justify humankind and to create the world ‘humanum’. KeyWords:*kebenaran religius, *rasionalisasi, *pembenaran diri religius, *agama, *mekanisme, *justifikasi, *kritik terhadap agama, *autokritik.
Jalan Bakti dalam Upaya Inkulturasi Injil Kristus di tengah Masyarakat Tionghoa Kristen di Indonesia Suryadi, Yohanes
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 31 No. 3 (2015)
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The ethics of ‘homage’ and its practice in the Chinese tradition is centered around the ethics of the family, but in Indonesia it might have been tainted by the ideological and political interests of the exploitating rulers. As a consequence, the various ethical-familial dimensions of a noble homage-ethics could have been manipulated as well and become a means for subtle ideological-religious oppresion. The political-ideological content of homage-ethics that has been deviated into ideological homage needs to be shown to the Chinese people in Indonesia, so that they may respond critically to the homage-tyranny that creates the slave mentality, which sometimes is tucked into the collective unconsciousness. The exploitating homage ideology in the Chinese culture might be replaced with Jesus Christ’s ‘homage theology’, which is liberating and transforming. The perfect homage act of Christ on the cross is theocentric, but it brings the grace of redemption with its total and transcendental implication, and it has the power to give birth to a ‘new human being’ free from interhuman exploitation, idolatry, immorality, and injustice.
ANTARA KEUTAMAAN DAN KEPANTASAN ADAM SMITH DAN FILSAFAT STOA Wattimena, Reza A. A.
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 23 No. 2 (2007)
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Adam Smith's position as a philosopher of Ethics has been consigned to oblivion due to his more popular thoughts on Economics. This article is an attempt to revisit the ethical side of his thought based on his book The Theory of Moral Sentiment. In this book, Smith made sharp distinction between virtue as morality for noble view, and propriety as moral quality forcommon people. Smith used the concepts of 'virtue' and 'propriety' to analyze human moral behaviour. We can trace this conceptual distinction back to an ancient Greek philosophical school, namely the Stoic Philosophy. This paper will describe the influence of the Stoic Philosophy to Adam Smith MoralPhilosophy.
Spiritualitas dan Transformasi Daeli, Onesius O.
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 34 No. 1 (2018)
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Spirituality is a virtue of being men and women. It is a significant sign to distinguish human from nonhuman. In this sense, spirituality is a particular drive to motivate people to enter their true self and to explore their inner talents. A person needs spirituality in order to be considered as an authentic person, because spirituality is basically an integral part of his or her existence. Spirituality enables people to explore, develop, and transform their talents to be an excellent contribution for humanity. It is not only associated with humans’ internal desires, but also something that leads them to use, develop, and optimize various other materials and cultures that could be treasured around them. Spirituality is a power to create a better life. Although spirituality is varied and at the same time unique because it is fundamentally and intrinsically local and localized, one must understand that spirituality is always an identity in action. It shapes and transforms human’s life as well as the world.
Doing Theology with Henri de Lubac Kristiatmo, Thomas
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 3 (2011)
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Henri de Lubac was one of the many theologians who have brought new dynamics in theology through his interpretation of the theology and the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas. This paper wants to explore his contributions to the methods of theologizing in the church. De Lubac’s interpretation of the relation between the natural and the supernatural supports the movement “Nouvelle Théologie” that appreciates the mysterious aspects of God as understood through the Christian Scriptures and traditions. According to de Lubac’s interpretations of Thomas Aquinas, the seeds of the supernatural are already present in the natural within the human beings. The author argues that hermeneutics and correlation are two important methods that underlie de Lubac’s ideas in putting the Scriptures as the main source of the theology insofar as the Scriptures are linked with human experience and reality. The return to theology is the return to the Scriptures and tradition, but this is always in relation to the human experiences and the contemporary world situations. Key Words:*Neo-scholasticism, *Nouvelle Théologie, *The natural, *The supernatural, *Ressourcement, *Nature, *Potency, *Grace, *Anagogy, *Experience, *Tradition, *Hermeneutics, *Correlation.
Homo Ridens: Suatu Tawaran ‘Menjadi’ Manusia di Zaman Ini Priyambodo, Yulius Eko
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 30 No. 1 (2014)
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Human forgets, but at the same time longs for one of the basic hopes that might disclose the web of meanings within the world of human existence. One might start asking about one’s fundamental reasons to exist, and one of them is to use language. Still, language is understood and used in multifaceted ways. In these miscellaneous interpretations of language, one that is quite seldom to explore is human language to express humour. Humour entails laugh and joy, and these bring forth nothing less than happiness that seem to have been eternally carved in the history of humankind. Reflecting on this aspect of language, this article wants to explore the human as homo ridens, a laughing being, which foreseeably brings forward his/her dimensions as a playful being, a social being, and a spiritual being. The author tries to show the relevance of a laughing human with the struggle of every individual to be a more authentic, social, and faithful person.