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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
Menggagas Spirit Perjumpaan antara Keuskupan Bogor dan Umat Beragama Lain Manopo, Dionnysius
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 32 No. 3 (2016)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v32i3.2697.329-349

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Christianity exists within the different religious traditions and Christians are aware of this reality as part of their existence. Especially in Asia, this situation has become a basic context to Christianity and the local churches that requires continuous reflections. In Asian reality, religious plurality is not merely a particular situation, but an important stage in the life of the Christianity, which leads to further reflections and even questioning of its existence among the other religions. The Catholic Church in Bogor (the Diocese of Bogor), Indonesia, is one of the example how the church in Asia is trying to survive and to find its roots within the local context. Thir article is inspired by the Diocese’s vision, the documents of Vatican II, and other documents of the Catholic Church, in exploring how the “spirit of encounter” can become a model for the local church to continue to exist within the religious plurality. This spirit invites the local believers to have a committment in giving their attention to the their context and to their social dimension. Through the encounters, the local church attempts to reduce the gaps of communication and to preserve good relationship with people of different religious traditions. Here the church enters the interfaith experience or the experience of togetherness, and the spirit of encounter might help spread the image of the church as a church of relation.
Gender in Religious Ethics and Practices Columbus, Ogbujah
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 33 No. 1 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v33i1.2951.1-13

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There is a somewhat symbiotic relationship between religion and culture: religious practices shape, and are shaped by the culture within which they thrive. When people in a given culture adopt a specifc religion,their culture begins to assimilate only the ethos and practices that are acceptable within that religion; and when a particular religion arises within a given culture, its ethics and rituals are usually grounded on the tenets of that culture. Thus, having strong roots in patriarchal and androcentric cultures, Abrahamic religions cannot shy away from the encumbrances of flawed gender relationships. With the help of feminist studies, we have unearthed the insidious force of gender in the assignment of roles ‘skewed’ to favour men over women not only in politics and commerce but also in religious and social lives. The idea is not to take a knock at the spiritual values represented by these bodies, but to highlight the underlying influence of gender on the various ethics and practices of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Rahmat dan Sakramen: Teologi dengan Paradigma Kebebasan Sunarko, Adrianus
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 33 No. 1 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v33i1.2952.14-33

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Theology with ‘freedom’ paradigm understands grace not as a third matter between God and humans. The nature of grace is God and God’s actions in relationship with and insofar as humans experience them. With regard to the attempts to understand the relation between grace and the sacraments, an integrated description of the sacrament as a representative and real symbol could be formulated. God is present in the sacraments through the particular symbols and when God is present, God is therefore realising humans’ salvation through the real symbols. In a sacramental celebration, with all the complexities of its forms and activities, the faithful experience how God is exceptionally present (in representative symbols) and when God is present salvation is realised or embodied (in real symbols). This is an explanation of how grace is conveyed through the celebration of the sacraments.
Membaca ‘Kuasa’ Michel Foucault dalam Konteks ‘Kekuasaan’ di Indonesia Kebung, Konrad
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 33 No. 1 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v33i1.2953.34-51

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This article presents Foucault’s ambitious thoughts on various historical events in the past and sees how people faced and reacted to all these events in different eras of thinking, ways of life, cultures and historical settings. He works with past events, yet his objective is to constitute a history of the present. His rich analyses in his works are classified in three main axes, namely the axis of knowledge, of power, and of ethics or subject. The author of this article also presents Foucault’s notion on power as practiced throughout the history of systems of thought, and how this way of thinking can be read into in any political power, or how Foucault’s thinking can be seen as a criticism on various repressive powers practiced everywhere, including in Indonesia.
Genealogi Moral Menurut Foucault dan Nietzsche: Beberapa Catatan Pranowo, Yogie
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 33 No. 1 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v33i1.2954.52-69

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This article shows that what Foucault understands as genealogy is in many ways still in line with Nietzsche, that in terms of the basic concept of genealogy, using history, reveals the Herkunft – the origin of values that will dismantle the assumption of finality. Morality is born in the midst of a chaotic situation that forces individuals to make decisions and in the experience of a fragmented and unstable body. While through Entstethung one can see how the dominations that play behind any value are considered noble, the noble value is not in the hands of an independent subject. But there are also differences, since Foucault calls for the death of the subject, while Nietzsche is not up to that extreme. Another point of difference is that Foucault’s genealogy is practiced in a strict study discipline, wrestling with historical documents and writing down the detailed facts, while Nietzsche does not. The author argues that through Foucault’s thought, one might find a new meaning of the subject, that the subject is not an autonomous entity, but merely a production of power. The appearance of the subject is considered as a result of domination-relationships. In other words, these are the result of a disciplining effort.
Perjanjian Baku dalam Dunia Bisnis dikaitkan dengan Hak Asasi Manusia Novenanty, Wurianalya Maria
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 33 No. 1 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v33i1.2955.70-90

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In business activities, there is a known type of agreement termed as “standard agreement”. This standard agreement is an agreement which is made by only one of the parties involved, and the counterparty is not in the position to bargain with regards to the content of the agreement. The counterparty solely accepts the predetermined terms and conditions in such agreement. Here this kind of agreement indicates that there is inequality of positions between the parties, which is contrary to the principle that “all human beings are equal”, the fundamental principle as the source of human rights. Human rights are carried by each person since birth, and such basic rights are equally owned and must be respected by others. However, in business contexts, efectivity and efficiency are highly considered in running the businesses, and human rights tend to be ignored whether undeliberately or deliberately. This article finds it imperative to analyse the standard agreement in Indonesia in the light of civil law and human rights law. The resulting contracts should contain the distribution of rights and obligations between the parties involved. And to produce a proper contract, business executives are the first to get a complete understanding of how to make their business in accordance with human rights.
Chronicles - April 2017 Tedjoworo, Hadrianus
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 33 No. 1 (2017)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v33i1.2956.91-102

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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.
Homo Economicus Herry Priyono, B.
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 33 No. 2 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v33i2.2957.103-129

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Human being is driven by many factors, but in trading activities, an individual is driven primarily by self-interest rather than other encouragement. This is the point which then develops into the core of the image of an economic being. However, the whole of human self is never driven only by self-interest. Through the history of the idea of homo economicus, what was originally a particular point of view about humans turned into a claim about the whole of human nature. The actions and behaviours of homo economicus were still driven by self-interest, but what was meant by self-interest was no longer in its classical sense. Its meaning has been much more extensive. This article shows the ambiguity of the idea of homo economicus: what was originally a certain point of view about human being, was applied to human nature and then became an agenda of how human beings and society should be. Humans must be homo economicus, but the latter is definitely not the whole picture of human nature. The image of an economic being is not the real description of the nature of human self, for it has its own territory. It is not the economic beings that gave birth to economics, but the economics that created economic beings.
Fenomenologi Imaji dalam Seni: Sebuah Pergeseran Peran Subjek menuju Saksi Tedjoworo, Hadrianus
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 33 No. 2 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v33i2.2958.130-156

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Art seems to always deal with subjects, both the artist and the spectator. The awareness that an image is not a concept may provoke those doing and experiencing art to reposition themselves as appreciators of the image. This article shifts the focus from concept to image. Art event is a sort of lectio imaginem, an experience of reading and not merely interpreting the image. Each artwork is transcendent, since every time it will speak differently when reencountered. Yet it might even frightfully reinterpret the audience differently, recreating the identity as a different figure in its eyes. Phenomenologically, the spectators are looked upon by the image through the works of art. The subject is assessed and transformed from I into me, that it becomes a witness in the presence of an image revealing itself. This article is an invitation to maintain the equilibrium between critical and appreciative atitudes, between theory and image, within the world of art. All individuals, without exception, are assessed by art. Perhaps they only need to forbear, to let themselves deluged in the surface, to become the witnesses fascinated before and moved by the saturation of the image.
Kapan Allah Membuat Segalanya Indah: Misteri Waktu dalam Kitab Pengkhotbah 3:11 Nursantosa, Andre Putranto
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 33 No. 2 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v33i2.2959.157-184

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“God makes each thing beautiful in its time.” This quote has somewhat found its common usage in social media. People have some habit of quoting this expression whenever they encounter difficulties so as to comfort themselves. Through these words, a person might hope earnestly that “God will help me or provide me with the ‘beautiful’ time someday.” But the question that immediately follows is “When?” What if the burden stays and life remains unchanged? Not many of the fans of these wise words know that the saying originates from the Book of Ecclesiastes (3:11), which in itself is a form of ancient Hebrew literature. In the complete verse of the Book, the clause “He hath made every thing beautiful in his time is followed by another clause, “also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.” The later part of the verse (3:11b) is often ignored. However, by accepting the words that “God hath set the world in their heart”, one realises that he or she cannot fathom God’s mind, but might make peace and accept that divine question. Hence, one might realise that both good times and the not-so-good times could be but “beautiful times” for oneself.