scholarly journals Maksud Yesus dalam Peristiwa Baptisan: Sebuah Tanggapan Teologis terhadap Marcus J. Borg

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 220-237
Author(s):  
Yudi Jatmiko
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Awareness ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Spiritual World ◽  
Orthodox Theology ◽  
Divine Identity ◽  
True Intention

Abstract. Jesus’ baptism does not only refer to His divine role, but moreover to His divine identity. This is a theological declaration that He is God. However, Marcus J. Borg asserted that Jesus’ baptism was Jesus’ deep spiritual awareness toward spiritual world and the presence of God’s Spirit in His life. This does not indicate His divinity at all. Based on these two contradictory views, a problem remains to be solved: Is Borg’s assumption correct? What is actually Jesus’ true intention in His baptism? This was the focus of the research. This writing exerted to describe particularly Borg’s view on Jesus’ baptism, analyzed and responded to his view according to evangelical perspective. Despite the fact that Borg’s view on Jesus’ baptism has widely garnered support from modern theological readers, his theology is still far from orthodox theology because it was too socio-anthropological based analysis and ignored the Bible as God’s revelation.Abstrak. Baptisan Tuhan Yesus bukan hanya merujuk kepada fungsi jabatan-Nya, tapi lebih daripada itu, yaitu kepada identitas ilahi-Nya. Ini merupakan sebuah deklarasi teologis bahwa Ia adalah Allah. Tetapi Marcus J. Borg menyatakan bahwa baptisan Yesus sebagai sebuah kesadaran spiritual Yesus yang mendalam akan dunia roh dan kehadiran Roh Allah dalam hidup-Nya. Hal ini sama sekali tidak mengindikasikan keilahian-Nya. Mengaitkan kedua pandangan yang bertolakbelakang ini, muncul permasalahan: benarkah asumsi Borg di atas? Apakah sebenarnya yang menjadi intensi Yesus dalam peristiwa baptisan tersebut? Inilah yang menjadi fokus penelitian penulis. Tulisan ini berusaha untuk memaparkan secara khusus pandangan Borg dalam peristiwa baptisan Yesus dan menganalisis serta menanggapi pandangannya menurut perspektif injili. Terlepas dari pandangan Borg yang digemari di kalangan pembaca teologi modern tentang baptisan Yesus, pemikirannya masih jauh dari teologi ortodoks oleh karena terlalu berpijak pada analisis secara sosio-antropologis dan mengabaikan Alkitab sebagai wahyu dari Allah.

Julian of Norwich, the Bible, and creative, orthodox theology: always novel, never new

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-325
Author(s):  
Thomas Andrew Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Julian Of Norwich ◽  
The State ◽  
Considerable Time ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Orthodox Theology ◽  
Biblical Language ◽  
Biblical Texts

AbstractScholars have spent considerable time attempting to characterise Julian of Norwich's relationship to biblical texts. This article will first survey the state of scholarship with respect to Julian and the Bible, defending a minimalist thesis: that Julian thinks theologically in the rhythms of scripture, rendering suggestions that she haphazardly borrows from biblical language demonstrably false. Subsequently, literary-critical readings of biblical texts echoed in the parable of the lord and servant will be deployed to show how Julian echoes not only the language of the Bible, but also its themes, narratives and theology. By highlighting a particular kind of imaginative theology that is nevertheless deeply biblical, the article argues that Julian is at once creative and orthodox: always novel, but never new.

scholarly journals The place of Emanuel Swedenborg in the spiritual saga of Scandinavia

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 254-280
Author(s):  
Jane Williams-Hogan
Keyword(s):  
Soren Kierkegaard ◽  
August Strindberg ◽  
Christian Religion ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Spiritual World ◽  
Religious Writings ◽  
Emanuel Swedenborg ◽  
Edvard Munch

Between 1749 and 1771 the Swede Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) wrote and published eighteen religious works in Latin that he claimed were the foundation of a new Christian religion. He wrote that he had been called by God to unlock the spiritual secrets of the Bible through the doctrine of correspondences; to reveal the nature of the spiritual world based on experience in that realm; and to explain the keys to living a heavenly life. Stating in his last work, True Christianity (paragraph no. 779) that he was called only to write and publish, Swedenborg never­ attempted to found a church. Swedenborg published his books in Amsterdam and London, and if his 1758 print runs of 1,000 for five different works are typical, he had thousands of books available to distribute throughout Europe and he did so. However, the number of books in Scandinavia at the time of his death was probably fairly small. In 1772 there were less than a dozen readers in all of Europe, and only a small handful in Scandinavia. While awareness, education, and access are necessary prerequisites to the possibility of responding to these works, interest is essential. From the beginning, and over the years since their publication, individuals motivated to explore them seem to fall into the following categories: religious virtuosi/seekers; philosophers; occultists; artists, poets, and, writers. In this article the author, after a few remarks about issues on scholarship, turns her attention to three men with three different relationships to Swedenborg‘s religious writings, they are Edvard Munch (1863–1944), Søren Kierkegaard (1813–55), and August Strindberg (1850–1912). Then she makes an assessment of Swedenborg’s contribution to Scandinavia.

Reply to Analytical Psychology and Human Evil

1986 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morton Kelsey
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Psychology ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Spiritual World ◽  
Modern Thought ◽  
History Of

Jung's thinking and experience, while not making a perfect “fit” with Christianity, do provide the best framework upon which to base the integration of psychology and theology. Jung has much to offer Christians seeking such integration Cited are his extensive education in the history of modern thought, his understanding of the problems involved in materialistic rationalism and of idealism, the acknowledgement he paid to the spiritual world, and other factors. The author describes how Jung's works aided his own understanding of the Bible, God, and sin.

The Apotheosis of a Global Guru

2019 ◽  
pp. 156-200
Author(s):  
David J. Neumann
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
World Peace ◽  
Spiritual World ◽  
Spiritual Authority ◽  
The World ◽  
Divine Identity ◽  
Cultural Internationalism ◽  
Gospel Narratives ◽  
East West

This chapter explores Yogananda’s growing status as a global spiritual authority and a divine figure. The chapter begins by placing Yogananda in the context of religious internationalism, a subset of interwar cultural internationalism driven by concerns for world peace. It details his use of East-West as a vehicle for a cosmopolitan spiritual vision. An extravagant worldwide journey in 1935-36 from California to England, the Continent, the Middle East, and ultimately to his home city of Calcutta solidified his reputation as a “global guru.” The chapter also explores his syncretism, through his lengthy exegesis of New Testament gospel narratives that transformed the story of Jesus and his teachings into a revelation of yogic truth that hinted at Yogananda’s own divine identity. But it was the 1946 Autobiography of a Yogi that firmly established Yogananda’s reputation as a guru to the world. An analysis of this text’s structural features reveals it to be a new scripture, designed to inculcate belief in the spiritual world Yogananda evoked and a hagiography of the yogi who wrote it.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale B. Martin
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Biblical Theology ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Orthodox Theology

The modern scholarly task of “biblical theology,” “theology of the Old Testament,” or “theology of the New Testament” may be historically traced from around 1800 and through the 20th century. Its goal was both to describe the theology contained in the Bible but also to use that historical construction as a foundation for modern Christian theological appropriation of the Bible. The task, though, led either to bad theology, bad historiography, or both. A robust, Christian, orthodox theology must move beyond the limits of modernism and practice more creative, innovative readings of scripture.

scholarly journals Monotheisme Yahudi Kuno dan Doktrin Trinitas

JURNAL LUXNOS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-94
Author(s):  
Deky Hidnas Yan Nggadas
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Gospel Of John ◽  
Early Christianity ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Greco Roman ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Doctrine Of The Trinity ◽  
Divine Identity

Abstract: This study examines ancient Jewish monotheism and compares it with the doctrine of the trinity in the Bible, particularly in Paul's epistles (Ephesians) and the Gospel of John. Researchers used qualitative methods with an emphasis on biblical studies. Researchers conclude that triadic patterns are central to Paul's theology in Ephesians. On the other hand, from the point of view of the practice of worship and devotion, early Christianity seemed to be dominated by a binitarian or diadid pattern of worship (as Hurtado argues). Was the Holy Spirit worshiped in the worship practices and devotion of early Christianity? The evidence from the NT forces us to refrain from giving positive answers to this question. This does not mean that the Holy Spirit is not presented as God (cf. John 14-16; etc.), but that the objects of recipients of worship and devotion in the NT pages are dominated by the Father and the Son. This pattern of worship finds its background not in the Greco-Roman religions, but in ancient Jewish monotheism. From ancient Jewish monotheism too, we find reference to the Christology of divine identity which was so dominant in the NT.  Abstrak: Penelitian ini mengkaji tentang monoteisme Yahudi kuno dan membandingkannya dengan doktrin trinitas dalam Alkitab, khususnya dalam surat Paulus (Surat Efesus) dan juga Injil Yohanes. Peneliti menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan menitikberatkan pada kajian biblika. Peneliti menyimpulkan pola-pola triadik merupakan pusat teologi Paulus dalam Surat Efesus. Di sisi lain, dari segi praktik penyembahan dan devosinya, Kekristenan mula-mula tampaknya didominasi oleh pola penyembahan yang binitarian atau diadik (seperti argumentasi Hurtado). Apakah Roh Kudus disembah dalam praktik penyembahan dan devosi Kekristenan mula-mula? Bukti-bukti dari PB memaksa kita untuk menahan diri dalam memberikan jawaban positif terhadap pertanyaan ini. Hal ini tidak berarti bahwa Roh Kudus tidak dipresentasikan sebagai Allah (bnd. Yoh. 14-16; dll.), namun memang objek penerima penyembahan dan devosi dalam halaman-halaman PB didominasi oleh Bapa dan Anak. Pola penyembahan ini, mendapatkan latar belakangnya bukan dalam agama-agama Greco-Roman, melainkan dalam monotheisme Yahudi kuno. Dari monotheisme Yahudi kuno juga, kita mendapati acuan bagi Kristologi identitas ilahi yang sangat dominan dalam PB.

scholarly journals "Omdat en zoals het in de Bijbel staat''

2001 ◽  
Vol 57 (3/4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gys Bos
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Value Judgements ◽  
Orthodox Theology ◽  
The University ◽  
The Church

"Because of and exacty as it is written in the Bible". This aricle discusses the theological views of J H Gunning jr. (1829-1905), an influenial proponent of n'neteenth-century Dutch "ethical theology". It focuses on Gunning's lecture "Discipelen des Woords" ("Disciples of the Word"), presented 'n 1883 at the University of Amsterdam. In the same year a brochure with the same title was published. This article addresses issues such as theology asa scienific enerprise attached to Scipture, value Judgements 'n dialogue with Scipture, the credibility of the Bible as Word of God, Jesus Christ's incarnation,and Jesus Christ's kingship. The article concludes with a reflection on the inadequacies of both liberal and orthodox theology in tight of the distinctive characterisics of the Protestant tradition. According to Gunning, the"kingly work" of God quallies the Protestant character of the church as absolutely and continually dependent on Jesus Christ as the head of the church.

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