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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
Absolutisme Negara dan Lembaga Agama: Pasca Aufklärung di Eropa Barat Kristiyanto, Eddy
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 21 No. 2 (2005)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v21i2.1024.211-230

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Along her history, the Catholic Church has hardly been able to get rid of political interests and power. The struggle to do so had in fact led her to even deeper involvement in the political world. Particularly in the ear after the Enlightenment the Church was more and more subordinated to the state by means of various juridical measures. The tensions between the state and the church, however, more often than not turned out to be a blessing in disguise, for thereby the Church was compelled to revisit her essential mission: to deal only with the moral and religious dimension of the civil society. It is this mission which calls for the Church to be continuously involved in the human affairs.
DIALOG IMAJINER DENGAN HANS KELSEN TENTANG "KEADILAN" Kusumohamidjojo, Budiono
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 21 No. 2 (2005)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v21i2.1025.231-236

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This articlewas written in 1987 and was not published to date. It deals withKelsen's concept of justice that is based on his theory of pure law. Kelsen's work was written in the speculative tradition of the European Staatsrecht, which does not necessarily resemble constitutional law in the English analytical tradition. The positive law that governs the daily life should be the result of legal studies that in turn has to be liberated from political interests. For that sake man has to revert to the Grundnorm, by means of continuous application of teleology (which is commensurate with the term "hermeneutics" in modern philosophy). Kelsen was concerned about the trend of formalism as a short cut in the pursuit of justice, which could fire back on the coherence of the social process.
MENAKAR BAWAH SADAR KOLEKTIF MASYARAKAT INDONESIA Wijaya, Putu
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 21 No. 2 (2005)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v21i2.1026.237-243

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Melintas - 'Insight'
Chronicles - August 2005 Tedjoworo, Hadrianus
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 21 No. 2 (2005)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v21i2.1027.259-269

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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.
Death Penalty: The Present Day Threat to Human Life Phillips, Gerardette
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 30 No. 1 (2014)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v30i1.1280.1-21

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The death penalty is not an act of self-defense against an immediate threat to life. It is the premeditated killing of a prisoner who could be dealt with equally well by less harsh means.  There can never be a justification for torture or for cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment. The cruelty of the death penalty is evident. Like torture, an execution constitutes an extreme physical and mental assault on a person already rendered helpless by government authorities. The most common justification offered is that, terrible as it is, the death penalty is necessary: it may be necessary only temporarily, but, it is argued, only the death penalty can meet a particular need of society. And whatever that need may be, it is claimed to be so great that it justifies the cruel punishment of death. The death penalty, as a violation of fundamental human rights, would be wrong even if it could be shown that it uniquely met a vital social need. What makes the use of the death penalty even more indefensible and the case for its abolition even more compelling is that it has never been shown to have any special power to meet any genuine social need.
Dari Pengalaman Estetis ke Sikap Estetis dan Etis Jena, Yeremias
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 30 No. 1 (2014)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v30i1.1281.22-44

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Every encounter with a work of art has the potential to give birth to the aesthetic experience. The depth of the experience and its transformative effect is different on each person. However, as an experience, its existence is not in doubt. The problem lies on whether an aesthetic experience is something purely subjective or objective. If the aesthetic experience is objective, to what extent can it be accounted for? Could an aesthetic experience encourage certain ethical action? In this paper the author argues that an aesthetic experience is always moving between the directions of a pendulum, namely, when the artwork appeared to the awareness of the subject and when the experiencing subject narrated the experience. The author wants to defend one of the main positions in aesthetics which says that not only the aesthetic experience encourages a particular moral action, the artwork itself might often stand as a medium of a moral struggle for the betterment of the people.
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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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v30i1.1282.45-69

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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.
Eco-Philosophy dan Implikasinya dalam Politik Hukum Lingkungan di Indonesia Nurmardiansyah, Eko
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 30 No. 1 (2014)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v30i1.1283.70-104

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Environmental crisis is rooted in a fundamental mistake of philosophical understanding or worldview (weltanschauung) on human nature, nature, and human’s place in the overall ecosystem. The solution cannot be approached only technically and partialy, but instead, in a more comprehensive-holistic way by radically changing the perspective and the nature of  human behaviour, which means, they are to be tuned in to the environmental ethics. Accordingly, human behaviour is to be conceived of and conducted in line with eco-philosophy. Its political praxis is to be implemented by way of politics of law (rechtspolitiek), politics of environmental law in particular. The politics of environmental law is the policy direction to be set by the government so as to achieve the goals and objectives in the protection and the management of the environment. This, in turn, can only be implemented if the constitution as well as the legislation is already ‘green’.
Berketuhanan dalam Perspektif Kepercayaan Sunda Wiwitan Indrawardana, Ira
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 30 No. 1 (2014)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v30i1.1284.105-118

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By referring to the variety of cultures that have emerged and flourished in Indonesia, the author wants to figure the depth of ‘belief’ in God in relation to the respective cultural and spiritual expressions and through the rituals performed by the people of this belief (kepercayaan). Because of the influence of ‘Western’ beliefs brought into Indonesia by the colonialists in the past, the life of the people believing in God from within their own local beliefs together with the diversity of their cultures and spiritualities seem to have been marginalised. What is needed is a sort of new paradigm to view and value the local beliefs in the face of the so-called ‘official religions’ in Indonesia. This greater appreciation to the people of the local beliefs is in the line with the growing awareness of plurality of societies in this land. Efforts to recognise and understand the essence and values in the system of the local belief are of great importance. The author tries to explore how the doctrines of the belief Sunda Wiwitan develop by starting to browse the historical aspect of Manusia Sunda (‘Sundanese human being’) within its religious context and the other related elements in this system of belief. What is most important for the adherents of Sunda Wiwitan is not so much the frequence of praying to or worshiping God as the effort of every individual to maintain the attitude and deeds as a human being that keep the harmony of relation with the other human beings, the surrounding nature with all its contents, and God.
Chronicles - April 2014 Tedjoworo, Hadrianus
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 30 No. 1 (2014)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v30i1.1285.119-132

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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.