Christian Ethics, the Bible, and the Powers of Reading

2019 ◽  
pp. 17-43
Author(s):  
Jamie Pitts
Keyword(s):  
Christian Ethics ◽  
The Bible

scholarly journals RUWATAN ORANG JAWA KRISTEN: TINJAUAN ETIS TERHADAP PELAKSANAAN RUWATAN OLEH ORANG JAWA KRISTEN

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-93
Author(s):  
Yusak Setianto ◽  
Ferry Mahulette
Keyword(s):  
Field Observation ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Free People ◽  
The Church

Abstract Ruwatan is a form of ceremony in Javanese society that aims to free people from bad luck and the disasters that will befall on them. Some Javanese Christians who still perform the Ruwatan ceremony. The Ruwatan ceremony itself was rejected by the church and priests, especially the Javanese Christian Church/ Gereja Kristen Jawa (GKJ). This article itself aims to understand the Ruwatan model by Javanese Christians and to review it in a christian ethics related to the implementation of Ruwatan by Javanese Christian. The method used is a qualitative method with a field observation approach. The speakers were Javanese Christians who participated in Ruwatan, cultural practitioner, and priests of GKJ. We found the fact that there are two models of Ruwatan done by Javanese Christians. We give the terms with Javanese Christians A and B. Javanese Christians A do Ruwatan as in general, namely the style of Yogyakarta and Surakarta. While the Javanese Christian B performs Ruwatan that has been contextualized in the form of bidston/ pandonga worship. The Church and GKJ Priests themselves support the Ruwatan model carried out by Javanese Christian B which presents Jesus as the Human Guardian. In conclusion after being reviewed in christian Ethics, the Ruwatan carried out by Javanese Christian A cannot be justified in terms of both the motive and the action. Contrary, the Javanese Christianity B can be accepted and implemented because it is not in conflict with the Bible.   Keywords: ruwatan; javanese christians; bidston/ pakempalan pandonga; javanese christian church; christian ethics   Abstrak Ruwatan merupakan suatu bentuk upacara di masyarakat Jawa yang bertujuan untuk membebaskan manusia dari nasib buruk maupun malapetaka yang akan menimpa dirinya. Tidak sedikit orang Jawa Kristen yang masih melakukan upacara Ruwatan. Upacara Ruwatan sendiri ditolak pelaksanaannya oleh gereja dan pendeta, khususnya Gereja Kristen Jawa (GKJ).  Artikel ini sendiri bertujuan untuk memahami model Ruwatan yang dilakukan orang Jawa Kristen serta meninjauan nya secara etika Kristen terkait pelaksaan Ruwatan oleh orang Jawa Kristen. Metode yang digunakan ialah metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan observasi lapangan. Narasumbernya merupakan Orang Jawa Kristen peserta Ruwatan, budayawan, serta pendeta GKJ. Peneliti menemukan fakta bahwa terdapat dua model Ruwatan yang dilakukan oleh orang Jawa Kristen. peneliti memberi istilah dengan Orang Jawa Kristen A dan B. Orang Jawa Kristen A melakukan Ruwatan seperti pada umumnya yaitu bergaya Yogyakarta dan Surakarta. Sedangkan orang Jawa Kristen B melakukan Ruwatan yang telah dikontekstualisasikan dalam bentuk ibadah bidston/ pakempalan pandonga. Gereja dan Pendeta GKJ sendiri mendukung model Ruwatan yang dilakukan oleh orang Jawa Kristen B yang mana menghadirkan Yesus sebagai Juru Ruwat Manusia. Kesimpulannya setelah ditinjau secara etika Kristen, maka Ruwatan yang dilakukan oleh orang Jawa Kristen A tidak dapat dibenarkan baik secara motif dan tindakan pelaksanaannya. Sebaliknya, Ruwatan orang Jawa Kristen B dapat diterima dan dilaksanakan karena tidak bertentangan dengan Alkitab.   Kata Kunci: ruwatan; orang jawa kristen; bidston/ pakempalan pandonga; gereja kristen jawa; etika kristen

A Just Weight and Measure: Embodied Economics and the Relationship between Worship and Economic Transaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 095394682110450
Author(s):  
Joshua Abrego
Keyword(s):  
Eighth Century ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Western Society ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Economic Transaction ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Judicial Systems

The concept of a ‘just weight and measure’ within the Bible is one that has insightful value for Christian ethics and economic transactions. Considering that in many situations law and judicial systems within Western society are not capable of completely constraining unethical economic transactions, what society requires are alternative motivations to enact ethical economic transactions. This article is focused on proposing a possible motivation for Christians considering the ever-growing complexities within the marketplace. It draws on insights on the concept of a ‘just weight and measure’ in Deuteronomy and its conceptual use within the books of the eighth-century prophets. A primary insight that is highlighted is the relationship between the unethical economic transactions in eighth-century Israel and God's rejection of their cultic services. When applied analogically to contemporary contexts, lessons can be gleaned from the concept of a ‘just weight and measure’ for Christian ethical economic transactions.

Scripture and Christian Ethics

1980 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F Childress
Keyword(s):  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Moral Judgments ◽  
The Bible

The use of Scripture for deliberation and justification in making moral judgments is a crucial and neglected function of the Bible in Christian ethics

The Bible and Christian Ethics

Theology ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 76 (634) ◽  
pp. 180-189
Author(s):  
Barnabas Lindars
Keyword(s):  
Christian Ethics ◽  
The Bible

The Bible and Christian Ethics

1983 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 281-289
Author(s):  
Bruce C. Birch ◽  
Larry L. Rasmussen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Christian Ethics ◽  
The Bible

The Use of the Bible in Christian Ethics

1965 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward LeRoy Long
Keyword(s):  
Christian Ethics ◽  
The Bible

Kingdom and Cross

1996 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-168
Author(s):  
Lisa Sowie Cahill
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Early Christianity ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Roman Society ◽  
Greco Roman ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The One

The Bible guides Christian ethics by showing how Jesus and early Christianity transformed the moral conventions of first-century Greco-Roman society by making them more inclusive and compassionate. This is the one side of the coin. The other side, however, is that the Bible also attests to the problem of the existence of evil and suffering in human life. In Paul's theology of cross and resurrection, Christian ethicists confront the ineradicable nature of this problem and the need to identify with those who must suffer.

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