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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.
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Connectedness with God: Reawakening Consciousness in Con-temporary Christianity and Religiosity in the light of Schleierma-cher’s Speeches Tedjoworo, Hadrianus
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 1 (2011)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v27i1.312.61-76

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Reading Schleiermacher’s Speeches might give rise to different experience of religion. It appears that the more important issue today is not the identity (being), but the communality and sociality, for communality is a ‘space’ where one’s being is able to move in its ‘becoming’. The importance of experience is now considered much more than before. In this article the emphasis on one’s experience and its connectedness with that of others is refreshed and further elaborated. Schleiermacher’s ideas question the traditional patterns of (Christian) communities, which to some extent have implanted uniformity, dogmatism and oppressions, as being responsible for the emergence of indifferentism today. Community, as Schleiermacher has pleaded in the Speeches, must be fluid and broadly inclusive. The immediate self-consciousness is depicted in the moment of ‘listening’—the world might have been blinded by appearances and made deaf by the voices, but there remains the process of listening. Maybe a time for a ‘listening’ religion? A ‘listening’ religious community? Keywords :*religion *fragmentation *virtuality *indifferentism *power*rational Christianity *institutional representation *fascination*'true' religion *appearances to experiences *intuition *feeling*continuous reciprocity *fluid and inclusive community 
Seni dalam Perspektif Keilmuan: Berbagai Cara Kerja dan Pengetahuan Seni Amir Piliang, Yasraf
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 1 (2011)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v27i1.313.77-88

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The advanced nature of art owes to the fact that it involves the complexity of 'human' in its process, with all the capacities: emotions, feelings, soul, mind, imagination, will, attitudes, perceptions, values and meanings. Science and technology, by contrast, does not deal directly with these human dimensions. While at the beginning of this article 'science' and 'art' are seen as two completely different disciplines, in today development, particularly in the development of ‘post-modern science,’ the boundaries between them appear to be dissolving. The methods of science now even 'fuse' with the ‘methods’ of art. Among the discoveries of science there have been used the 'paradigm of the art' or the 'artistic courses of action'. In contrast, the patterns in art itself now also rely on scientific and technological discoveries, such as imaging technology (imagology) or virtual reality. What is developing in the discourse of searching 'knowledge' in all areas is the so-called 'artistic paradigm'. 'Artistic paradigm' is a model of searching for knowledge (truth, wisdom, beauty), by allowing the mind to move dynamically in the disorder, the black box, and chaos, but then to find a dynamic equilibrium in the so-called the 'edge of chaos'.
Insight: Tuhan Yang Mungkin Namun Serius Bawono, Haryo Tejo
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 1 (2011)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v27i1.314.89-108

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Derrida, memang pernah berkata bahwa dia “quite rightly passes for an atheist”, namun dilihat dari sudut yang berbeda, pemikiran-pemikirannya menggemakan keseriusan ‘religius” dan ‘teologis’ juga, dan karenanya menantang dengan sangat pengrefleksian kembali bagi siapapun yang datang dari tradisi religius. Dan tidak tanggung-tanggung, membawa energi dekonstrusi Derridean ke dalam ranah agama bisa menjadi latihan yang membuat kita mampu memikirkan kembali apa yang kita pikir sebagai agama itu sendiri, bahkan tentang Tuhan.
Chronicles - April 2011 Tedjoworo, Hadrianus
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 1 (2011)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v27i1.315.109-123

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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
Church, Economy and the Question of Horizons van den Hoogen, Toine
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 26 No. 3 (2010)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v26i3.316.239-254

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This paper analyses why theology has to develop a concern with economy and economics and elaborates a perspective for a new debate between theologians and economists about socio-ethical problems in public life. The hermeneutically reflected relationship between church and economic life has been elaborated in a number of principles of community development. Church and economy are seen as two important ‘horizons of human life’. Economic developments, symptoms of crisis and symptoms of stagnation are mainly present in the Church’s social teaching owing to the fact that faith communities and their leaders are confronted with these social problems. This paper approaches the relationship between the two horizons in a perspective of public theology. An open conversation between theology and economics focuses on a new praxis-led theology. Whenever the meaning of ‘the good life’ is attached to the realisation of functions and capacities in the concrete markets within an actual economy, the actuality of the economic reality is placed within a horizon that expresses a sense of that life. It then becomes possible to state that a concrete set of functions and capacities are in service to humanity. Keywords:*community development, *'telos', *public theology, *spirituality, *institution *globalisation *contextualisation, *normative economics, *human dignity, *economics for the common good, *'bonum commune' *good life
Unhoming Homeland: Jewish Diaspora and Neturei Karta Community C. Epafras, Leonard
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 26 No. 3 (2010)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v26i3.317.255-270

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Neturei Karta is a Jewish group that usually considered belongs to larger ‘ultra-Orthodox’ Judaism. This group established its community in Jerusalem since early 19th century, but never acknowledges the modern state of Israel and its administration. Its members never take Israeli Shekel notes, never join the Army Reserve, which is compulsory for adult Israeli, never sing Israel’s national anthem, never celebrate Israel Independence Day, and never set foot to the holiest place in the Judaism, the Wailing Wall – but they pay taxes to the state they hate so much. This paper explores the nature of this group and its position against Zionism. The main focus is about their anti-Zionism ideology in connection with the notion of Jewish ‘homeland’ and ‘diaspora’. Neturei Karta is a transnational religious phenomenon. It may differ from other transnational religious groups in its challenge to Zionism on the issues of ‘(Jewish) homeland’ and ‘Jewish diaspora’. This dissident voice within the Jewish history is deemed important to reassess the the exercise of power by Israeli in dominating and colonizing the Other, the Palestinians. Keywords :*Jewish, *Judaism, *Zionism, *anti-Zionism, *ideology, *diaspora, *homeland, *ultra-orthodox, *exile, *holy land, *promised land, *chosen people, *alienation, *geopiety, *'hyphenated' Jews
The Cultural Images of Community Life among the Catholic Sundanese and Javanese Tedjoworo, Hadrianus
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 26 No. 3 (2010)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v26i3.318.271-296

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This article is a result of an ecclesiological and catechetical survey conducted among the Catholics of two parishes in Java. Two themes were explored, namely, (1) relationship of the self and the community, and (2) sharing of experiences as an encounter of faith. These were put within the larger project to search for images from within the local cultures that  may support catechetical materials about the church. This survey was intended to open the theological discourse of the church to the local cultures without proposing particular models to the believers. It explores the sociocultural realities of the local believers without direct reference to the church. It refers to faith and religious experiences of the believers but only insofar as they are related to the people’s understanding of the self and the community. There were traces of how the believers relate themselves as cultural persons to the society as a community. Another presumption behind the themes was that sharing of faith experiences might happen through the daily conversations in the community life. These themes can corroborate the exploration of the community life among the believers in Java, since it is through the sharing of faith experiences that the people may see their community life differently. By considering faith in its broadest sense, this article wants to trace the possible cultural images that may shape the believers’ cultural preferences in living their life as church members. An emphasis will be put on the daily matters of the believers’ responses in order to collect the cultural images ‘from below’. Keywords :*Culture, *Images, *Religious community, *Sundanese, *Javanese, *church, *the believer's experience, *relationships, *local culture, *ecclesiology, *faith encounter, *cultural preference, *community life
Rediscovering Mystagogy through the History of Christianity Budi Wibowo, Antonius
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 26 No. 3 (2010)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v26i3.319.297-316

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Mystagogy was developed within early Christian communities, particularly with regard to the Sacraments of Christian Initiation. The idea of mystagogy was conceived in patristic time during the fourth and fifth centuries. Through the homilies and catechetical teachings, the church fathers described mystagogy as part of catecheses for candidates and neophytes before and after Easter. In this article, the idea of mystagogy is reconsidered through its understandings from the Greco-Roman world to early Christianity up to the context surrounding the church of today, mainly in the context of Sacraments of Initiation for adult. How mystagogy works in Christian liturgical teachings on Initiation will be analysed and its role in the liturgical context of the church will be refreshed. The revival of mystagogy has been initiated by the Vatican II when theology, catechesis and culture were put into dialogue. This move brings us further to see mystagogy as a personal and communal formation of a Christian.Keywords :*mystagogy, *mystagogue, *myste, *catechesis, *baptism, *church, *initiation, *sacrament, *cult, *rite of passage, *mystery, *christian community, *faith, *spiritual theology, *Vatican II, *liturgy, *revival.
Insight - Teater dan Teknologi Metafor A. Husein, Fathul
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 26 No. 3 (2010)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v26i3.321.333-338

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”Teater yang gagah dalam kemiskinan”, itulah teknologi berpikir dalam taraf metafor tingkat tinggi dari WS. Rendra, sang guru; kendati cuma sesobek kain, selonjor bambu, atau sebongkah batu kali, dengan tubuh-tubuh telanjang di atas pentas karena ketiadaan materi, namun seluruh makna dunia terserap di dalamnya. Begitu pun Jerzy Grotowski dengan wejangan ’Teater Melarat’-nya (Poor Theatre) yang lebih mengedepankan ’teknologi tubuh’ untuk menciptakan daya cekam pentas, juga dalam ”Teater Keberingasan” (Theatre of Cruelty) Antonin Artaud, yang tergila-gila kepada spiritualitas Bali itu, di mana tubuh adalah jiwa, bukan materi. Itulah alam kita, dunia kita, yang tak mungkin bisa mengejar teknologi modern Barat yang canggih dan mahal, yang hanya menjadikan kita sebagai budak-budaknya (dalam banyak hal teater kita pun cenderung menjadi budak teater Barat). Semakin kita berupaya mengejar, semakin kecanggihan mereka melesat jauh meninggalkan kita. Apa yang kita anggap pencapaian tercanggih hari ini tidak lain adalah masa lalu mereka sekian dekade yang telah lewat. Lagi apa perlunya mengejar mereka. Alam pikir dan khayal kita berbeda dengan mereka.
Film Reviews - "Lahirnya Fasisme" Bawono, Haryo Tejo
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 26 No. 3 (2010)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v26i3.322.339-342

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Telah banyak pemikiran yang mencoba membedah akar-akar fasisme, bentuk-bentuk fasisme. Namun fasisme sepertinya tetap menjadi sesuatu yang sepertinya tak terhindarkan dan menakutkan. Seperti virus, fasisme lahir dengan bentuk-bentuknya yang selalu baru tetapi selalu mencemaskan, seperti benalu yang sulit untuk dibersihkan, seperti rumput yang selalu tumbuh dimana-mana. Masih adakah harapan? Film ini menyodorkan sebuah tawaran via-negativa atas keputusasaan kita berhadapan dengan fasisme dalam segala bentuknya yang selalu baru. Divisualisasikan dengan hitam-putih, film ini hendak berkata,hanya ada dua pilihan: atau iya atau tidak. Dan maaf, tidak ada jalan yang lain.