Drafts by Robby I G U S T I Chandra
Gracia Deo, 2021
Many studies on the Book of Acts chapter 8 focus on two kinds of baptism, or the Samaritans as th... more Many studies on the Book of Acts chapter 8 focus on two kinds of baptism, or the Samaritans as the receivers of the Gospel. Further, some works even point out that the text is a part of oral tradition concerning the role of the Apostle Philips. This study explores the message of Acts 8 mainly through the relation between the two narratives in it, and with the whole message of the Book of Acts mainly chapter 1, 2, and 10. By using narrative analysis, the result shows that Act 8 teaches, the role of the Holy Spirit to reconcile and unite the believers who have different identities although they have been mentally separated for centuries. The fact that, 300 years later, the residue of the conflict has resurrected and many Samaritans have been killed shows that there is an unfinished task in Christianity, that is to be more sensitive to the Holy Spirit's role and intention to make them experience conflict resolution and new social relation. AbstrakBerbagai penafsir umumnya meneliti Kisah Rasul 8 dengan menyoroti adanya dua jenis baptisan, atau kekhasan orang Samaria sebagai penerima Injil dan orang yang dibaptis, bahkan, ada yang menunjukkan teks ini sebagai bagian tradisi lisan mengenai peran Filipus. Tulisan ini menelusuri pesan Kisah Rasul 8 dengan mengkaji hubungan antara dua narasi di dalamnya, juga hubungannya dengan bagian lain dari Kisah Rasul khususnya, pasal 1, 2, dan 10. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa, bila dilihat dari kaitan dengan keseluruhan pesan Kisah Rasul, maka inti Kisah Rasul 8 sebenarnya mengajarkan peran Roh Kudus untuk menolong orang-orang percaya yang berbeda identitas dalam menjalani penyatuan dan rekonsiliasi walau secara mental mereka sudah terpisah selama beberapa generasi. Bahwa, 300 tahun kemudian residu konflik tersebut muncul kembali dalam kekristenan sehingga antara lain membuat orang Samaria ditumpas menunjukkan adanya pekerjaan rumah yang belum selesai di dalam hidup Kekristenan yaitu, perlunya peningkatan pemahaman dan kepekaan akan peran Roh Kudus sebagai pendamai dan pembentuk relasi sosial yang baru dalam situasi pemisahan dan konflik antar orang-orang percaya.
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A short book by Dennis P. Allen, Jr, a senior mathematician, inspires this article, and hencefort... more A short book by Dennis P. Allen, Jr, a senior mathematician, inspires this article, and henceforth it is dedicated to him. A good movie about S. Ramanujan, The Man who knew Infinity, also triggers this work. As a note, first of all, this is not a conventional math paper. Instead, its purpose is to dig deeper into how a mathematician or a scientist should deal with intuition and balance it with a logical thinking process. Literature exploration on important inventions in mathematics becomes the method of this study combined with analysis of Iain McGilchrist's theory and Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Language added with the Cognitive Language Theory. The findings show the absolutistic view of rationality or rational number will not suffice to give a holistic insight into reality. Such finding serves as a reminder concerning whom should be the Master and who should be the emissary in the path toward knowledge. Based on Neutrosophic Logic , the "intuilytics" which combines both parts of brain hemispheres might become the best contribute a holistic approach.
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Amreta, 2021
Belum ada penelitian yang mengkaji kata “ὥσπερ dan ὡσεὶ. (seperti) yang dipergunakan baik di ayat... more Belum ada penelitian yang mengkaji kata “ὥσπερ dan ὡσεὶ. (seperti) yang dipergunakan baik di ayat kedua dan ketiga dari Kisah Rasul dari sudut teori Cognitive Linguistic Analysis. Dengan menggunakan metode tafsir berdasar teori tersebut, tulisan ini menelusuri makna kata di atas. Hipotesanya adalah, kata “ὥσπερ dan ὡσεὶ” dapat menunjukkan kompleksitas peran Roh Kudus dan keluwesan-Nya. Temuan studi ini menunjukkan bahwa, istilah yang diteliti menunjukkan bahwa, Roh Kudus memiliki beragam peran serta keluwesan yang melebihi kemampuan manusia memahami-Nya. Namun peran utama-Nya adalah mengubah para murid Kristus menjadi orang-orang yang berani, mampu berkomunikasi melintasi batas etnis, bersedia luwes mengikuti pimpinan-Nya dan berdampak nyata. Gereja yang dilahirkan-Nya dan dipimpinnya perlu memiliki pula sifat keluwesan dan keberagaman peran seperti Roh Kudus yang melahirkannya dan berdiam di dalam diri mereka.
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The studi analyses the unrecognized teaching of the narratives in Luke 16 concerning the response... more The studi analyses the unrecognized teaching of the narratives in Luke 16 concerning the response to the vision of Paul. The method used is narrative interpretation. As the results, Luke 16 teaches about both the role of the Holy Spirit to bring the chosen leaders to cross their boundaries as well as to teach them to practice Shared-Leadership in Missio Dei process. Abstrak Tulisan ini meneliti ajaran yang tersembunyi dalam narasi mengenai respon terhadap penglihatan Paulus dalam Kisah Rasul 16. Pendekatannya adalah kajian narasi. Sebagai hasilnya, Lukas 16 mengajarkan pertama, kedaulatan Roh Kudus yang mendorong pemimpin-pemimpin yang dipilihnya melintasi batas-batas pandangan mereka dan kedua, mengenai peran-Nya mengajarkan agar kepemimpinan bersama perlu diterapkan di dalam proses melaksanakan Misi Allah.
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`This article explores the difficulties caused by the usage of the popular either-or logic to exp... more `This article explores the difficulties caused by the usage of the popular either-or logic to explain the union of the humanity of Jesus with His divine substance. As an alternative, the use of the sentential logic will be offered because it consists of betweenness/neitherness/bothness concepts that the either-or Aristotelian binary logic or Kantian-Hegel logic do not. The sentential logic is useful for dialogue with people who are accustomed to the non-dualist logic such as the mystics of Sufi or the adherents of the Kejawen, and even to trigger the dualist logic users to develop their logic further. As the result, the sentential logic makes it possible to explain Jesus as the form of Manunggaling Kawula Gusti or Unio Mystica as on the one hand a human can be incorporated to the Divine and at the other hand still maintain the human substance that is different from the Master. This logic can be accepted by the non-dualist and the dualist at the same time. Abstrak Artikel ini menelusuri penggunaan konsep-konsep logika either-or yang populer di kalangan Kristen yang menimbulkan kesulitan dalam menjawab persoalan Kemanunggalan Kemanusian dan Keallahan Yesus. Akan dipaparkan penggunaan logika sentential sebagai salah satu pilihan karena, dalam logika ini termuat kemungkinan konsep betweenness/neitherness/ bothness yang tidak dikenal dalam logika biner Aristotelian, atau dalam logika Kantian-Hegel yang populer digunakan di kalangan umum. Konsep logika sentential akan berguna untuk menjembatani dialog dengan pendukung logika non-dualisme seperti kaum mistis Sufi dan penganut keyakinan Kejawen, dan memicu para pendukung mazhab dualism mengembangkan konsep logikanya. Sebagai hasil kajian, ditemukan, logika sentential memungkinkan adanya penjelasan bahwa Yesus adalah wujud Manunggaling Kawula Gusti sejati, ketika manusia dapat serempak disatukan dengan sang Khalik, namun pada saat yang sama tetap berbeda
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Conference Presentations by Robby I G U S T I Chandra
International Aegean Symposium of Social Sciences and Himanities-ISBN: 978-625-7720-29-8, 2021
During the COVID-19 pandemic, students' boredom in Indonesia has increased exponentially and rece... more During the COVID-19 pandemic, students' boredom in Indonesia has increased exponentially and received public attention. It relates to the practice of studying from home, social distancing, frequent hand-washing, constant anxiety, and other factors. This study's primary focus is on the intensity of high school students (16 to 18 years old) experiencing boredom and the correlation between their boredom and spirituality. Researchers agree that a decrease in arousal, inability to focus, lack of meaning, and loss of life purpose are the four reasons that cause boredom. The objective is to explore whether the high school student's image of God, the relationship with the Divine and their ability to find the meaning of their life experience as the main aspects of spirituality correlate with the four boredom reasons. The study uses an empirical method to analyse the correlation between four possible reasons for boredom with those three aspects of spirituality. The sampling method is incidental. Two hundred seventy-three participants from five Christian high schools of five cities give their response to online measurements. Data were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. Results show that concerning the arousal-related and attention-related reason of boredom, the Christian high school students who participate in this study suffer boredom only at a low level. Concerning the psychodynamic-related reason, the participants state that they miss a friendly environment and religious community where they can mingle with their friends. Finally, concerning the existential reason for boredom, there is no correlation between their relationship with God and the meaning of life they acquire from their relationship with their boredom. However, there is a positive relationship between their image of God with their boredom.
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Books by Robby I G U S T I Chandra
GrafikaKreasindo, 2021
Religious communities in Indonesia have not given a thorough response toward the impact of the di... more Religious communities in Indonesia have not given a thorough response toward the impact of the digital ecosystem in Indonesian society. The book explores the impact of the communication media technology changes on the culture beginning with the oral culture, written and printed media, then broadcast media and digital communication. The impacts on the view of God, faith community, worship, and individual identity become the focus of this work.
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STT Cipanas, 2021
Media and technological changes that created the New Digital Ecosystem caused many religions incl... more Media and technological changes that created the New Digital Ecosystem caused many religions including the Indonesian Christian churches to reflect more on their ministries. The book explores the impacts on the view of God, human identity, relationship with God, and the faith community. It makes an effort to map the challenges and opportunities to be discussed further.
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This is a preliminary study to explore the relationship between the church denomination backgroun... more This is a preliminary study to explore the relationship between the church denomination background with their members' perception of the Holy Spirit's role, the function of baptism in the Spirit, and the locus of the Holy Spirit's presence as how they percepted. Respondents were chosen based on cluster and availability in quantitative research approach. Before, it is hypothesized that subjects' denominational background as the independent variable correlates positively with their view of the Holy Spirit role, the function of Baptism in the Spirit, and their understanding about the presence of the Holy Spirit today. By using Pearson correlation test, it is found that no strong correlation between the subjects' denomination background with their view of the roles of the Holy Spirit, the function of Baptism in the Spirit, and the locus of the Holy Spirit's presence. Various possibilities were discussed to shed light of the phenomenon primarily in relation to the...
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Jurnal Teologi Amreta (ISSN: 2599-3100), 2021
This is a preliminary study to explore the relationship between the church denomination backgroun... more This is a preliminary study to explore the relationship between the church denomination background with their members’ perception of the Holy Spirit’s role, the function of baptism in the Spirit, and the locus of the Holy Spirit’s presence as how they percepted. Respondents were chosen based on cluster and availability in quantitative research approach. Before, it is hypothesized that subjects’ denominational background as the independent variable correlates positively with their view of the Holy Spirit role, the function of Baptism in the Spirit, and their understanding about the presence of the Holy Spirit today. By using Pearson correlation test, it is found that no strong correlation between the subjects’ denomination background with their view of the roles of the Holy Spirit, the function of Baptism in the Spirit, and the locus of the Holy Spirit’s presence. Various possibilities were discussed to shed light of the phenomenon primarily in relation to the statements of many the...
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Jurnal Teologi Amreta (ISSN: 2599-3100)
Salah satu permasalahan utama dalam bidang ekonomi di negeri ini adalah bagaimana menafsirkan dan... more Salah satu permasalahan utama dalam bidang ekonomi di negeri ini adalah bagaimana menafsirkan dan menjabarkan Pasal 33 UUD 1945. Namun kalau kita melihat kembali perkembangan terkini pemikiran ekonomi, ada setidaknya 3 arus besar pemikiran: mereka yang percaya sepenuhnya akan kedigdayaanekonomi pasar dan maksimalisasi profit (dipertajam oleh Milton Friedman, 1970); mereka yang percaya bahwa ekonomi yang bernuansa sosialis yang akan memberikan keadilan, dengan perkembangan terkini misalnya sistem komunitarianisme dll; dan yang terakhir adalahupaya mencari jalan tengah di antara kedua kubu tersebut, misalnya yang disebut: state capitalism, atau common prosperity (diperkenalkan oleh Presiden RRC, Xi Jinping baru-baru ini). Meski artikel ini tidak bermaksud membahas secara menyeluruh masing-masing pendekatan, namun kami berusaha melihat kembali seperti apakah corak ekonomi KerajaanAllah yang dirancang Tuhan bagi umat-Nya. Artikel ini juga merupakan salah satu upaya untuk merefleksikan P...
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Interpretation or analysis of John 4:5-42 is numerous. However, perhaps a few works are done to a... more Interpretation or analysis of John 4:5-42 is numerous. However, perhaps a few works are done to analyze the interpretation done in different cultures and faith contexts, especially in Java. One of them is Serat Suluk Pawestri Samariyah that was written in 1921 in central Java. This article explores this Christian Kejawen or local spirituality text to understand the nuances and concepts underlying the text to enrich future contextualization and cross-cultural hermeneutic process. The approach of the study is the narrative interpretation method for both the Serat Suluk Pawestri Samariyah and John 4:4-42 to uncover the similarities, differences, and local concepts. As the result, it is found that in both texts Christ is narrated as He who took initiative to approach the Samaritan woman and to offer God’s grace. However, after someone receives the grace of the Living Water or Salvation, on the one side, Serat Suluk Pawestri Samariyah gives a holistic and practical way to conduct his or ...
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The New Perspective in Theology and Religious Studies, 2021
Artikel ini menelusuri penggunaan konsep logika Aristotelian yaotu either-or atau logika dualis d... more Artikel ini menelusuri penggunaan konsep logika Aristotelian yaotu either-or atau logika dualis dibandingkan dengan penggunaan logika sentensial untuk menjelaskan kesatuan hakekat kemanusiaan dan keilahian dalam diri Kristus yang termuat dalam konsep Manunggaling Kawula Gusti dari Budaya Jawa. Pertama, artikel akan meneliti dimensi-dimensi mengenai kestauan manusia-ilahi dalam diri Yesus dalam konsep manunggaling kawula gusti yang berasal dari konsep spiritualitas Kejawen. Kedua, akan dibandingkan fitur penyatuan keilahian dan kamanusiaan Kristus dalam Manunggaling Kawula Gusti dan pandangan teologi Kristen Barat pada umumnya. Ketiga, artikel ini meneliti bagaiman logika sentensial dapat menjelaskan Kawula Manunggaling Gusti dengan lebih rinci dibandingkan dengan logika either-or. Hipotesis yang diajukan adalah bahwa logika sentensial lebih efektif menjelaskannya karena, dalam konsep dan alatnya terdapat konsep “antara”, “bukan ini atau itu,” dan “ini serta itu.” Metode yang diperg...
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Jurnal Teologi Amreta (ISSN: 2599-3100), 2021
There has not been a study on the word ὥσπερ or ὡσεὶ (as) in the Book of Acts Chapter 2 by using ... more There has not been a study on the word ὥσπερ or ὡσεὶ (as) in the Book of Acts Chapter 2 by using Cognitive Linguistic Analysis theorem. Employing a method of interpretation based on such a theory, this study explores the meaning of the words. The hypothesis is the word ὥσπερ or ὡσεὶ.signify the complexity of the Holy Spirit’s role and the the Spirit’s agility. The finding shows that the Holy Spirit has multiple roles and agility beyond human word can describe. However, the Spirit’s main role is guide people to the Lordship of Christ, to transform the disciples to become courageous persons, people with the ability to communicate across borders, and to have agility in following God’s guidance to create real impacts in the society. The church that the Spirit dwells in and leads should possess such fluidity and multiple roles as the Holy Spirit.
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Veritas: Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan, 2021
The Spiritual Journey of Homo Viator: A Comparative Study of Serat Jatimurti with the Parable of ... more The Spiritual Journey of Homo Viator: A Comparative Study of Serat Jatimurti with the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11–32). The concept of spiritual journey is known in various religions. Likewise, the concept of Homo Viator or humans who made the trip. This paper examines the concept of a spiritual journey in Serat Jatimurti, one of the Kejawen texts, and compares it with the narrative in the Bible, namely the parable of the prodigal son. This study aims to understand the voice of the local spirituality to facilitate the delivery of the gospel to this community. By using cognitive linguistic analysis, the results show some similarities and differences in the Christian view of the spiritual journey and the role of humans in it compared to the Kejawen view. The similarities that exist will increase understanding and appreciation of each spirituality work and become a common ground that provides an effective “bridge” for sharing the gospel. The differences that exist can be an...
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When Islamic or Christian religious leaders encountered the indigenous beliefs of Indonesia known... more When Islamic or Christian religious leaders encountered the indigenous beliefs of Indonesia known today as Kejawen, Kepercayaan, or Kebathinan in Java, various engagements took place. Outsiders often view that folk indigenous beliefs among others are syncretistic, superstitious, pantheistic, or simplistic. Yet, their leaders produce numerous sophisticated spiritual texts that among others enable them to survive holding their spiritual views persistently while continuously influencing believers of various formal religions while frequently facing marginalization. In 1925, a book called <em>Serat Suluk Pawestri Samariyah</em> was published in Central Java. The author transforms the narrative of Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman into Javanese grand poetry or canto called<em> Macapat</em>. The article explores questions concerning the writer's faithfulness in maintaining the message of the original source, the enrichment, and the impact of his work...
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