scholarly journals Kajian Teologis Terhadap Tindakan Bunuh Diri

JURNAL LUXNOS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-35
Author(s):  
Dapot Nainggolan
Keyword(s):  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
The Body ◽  
God's Word ◽  
The Will ◽  
Attributes Of God ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Commit Suicide

Abstract: It is a fact that suicides still occur today. Therefore, as a Christian it is very important to research to find views based on the truth of God's word regarding the act of suicide. Suicide is a conscious and deliberate act of self-killing. Therefore the act of suicide is a denial of God's sovereignty. The sin of suicide becomes different from other sins that humans may still be able to commit. Because the act of suicide has deliberately eliminated the space (opportunity) for confession (repentance), so that the act of suicide is a sign that the perpetrator is not an heir in the kingdom of God. The body is the temple of God, the place where God lives, which means that all the believers' actions must manifest the attributes of God in the midst of this world. God is the giver of life and He is also its owner. Therefore, the body should not be put to death by anyone except by the will of Allah. Thus, if someone has committed suicide, he has denied the essence of God's sovereignty as the giver and owner of life. People who commit suicide are refusing to live. Abstraksi: Sebuah fakta bahwa peristiwa bunuh diri masih terjadi hingga masa sekarang ini. Oleh karena itu sebagai seorang Kristen sangat penting meneliti untuk menemukan pandangan berdasarkan kebenaran firman Tuhan berkenaan dengan tindakan bunuh diri tersebut. Tindakan bunuh diri adalah merupakan tindakan sadar dan sengaja mematikan diri. Oleh karena itu tindakan bunuh diri merupakan penyangkalan akan kedaulatan Allah. Dosa bunuh diri menjadi berbeda dari dosa-dosa yang lain yang mungkin masih dapat dilakukan oleh manusia. Sebab tindakan bunuh diri telah sengaja menghilangkan ruang (kesempatan) pengakuan dosa (pertobatan), sehingga tindakan bunuh diri merupakan tanda bahwa sesungguhnya pelakunya bukanlah pewaris dalam kerajaan Allah. Tubuh adalah Bait Allah, tempat Allah bersemayam yang berarti bahwa segala laku orang percaya harus memanifestasikan sifat-sifat Allah di tengah-tengah dunia ini. Allah adalah pemberi hidup dan Dia jugalah sebagai pemiliknya. Oleh karena itu tubuh tidak boleh dimatikan oleh siapapun kecuali oleh kehendak Allah. Dengan demikian, jikalau seseorang telah melakukan tindakan bunuh diri maka dia telah menyangkali hakikat kedaulatan Allah sebagai pemberi dan pemilik hidup. Orang yang melakukan tindakan bunuh diri berarti menolak hidup.

Force in Nature

2020 ◽  
pp. 146-160
Author(s):  
David Carus
Keyword(s):  
Natural Science ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Core ◽  
Thing In Itself ◽  
The Will ◽  
Insight Into

This chapter explores Schopenhauer’s concept of force, which lies at the root of his philosophy. It is force in nature and thus in natural science that is inexplicable and grabs Schopenhauer’s attention. To answer the question of what this inexplicable term is at the root of all causation, Schopenhauer looks to the will within us. Through will, he maintains that we gain immediate insight into forces in nature and hence into the thing in itself at the core of everything and all things. Will is thus Schopenhauer’s attempt to answer the question of the essence of appearance. Yet will, as it turns out, cannot be known immediately as it is subject to time, and the acts of will, which we experience within us, do not correlate immediately with the actions of the body (as Schopenhauer had originally postulated). Hence, the acts of will do not lead to an explanation of force, which is at the root of causation in nature. Schopenhauer sets out to explain what is at the root of all appearances, derived from the question of an original cause, or as Schopenhauer states “the cause of causation,” but cannot determine this essence other than by stating that it is will; a will, however, that cannot be immediately known.

Returning the Body to Its Place: Ezekiel's Tour of the Temple

2012 ◽  
Vol 105 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-401
Author(s):  
Adriane Leveen
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
The Temple

Loss acquires meaning and generates recovery.1I have done much rebuilding. To reconstruct is to collaborate with time gone by, penetrating or modifying its spirit, and carrying it toward a longer future.2

scholarly journals Mark of the Spirit: Body Marks as Icons of Spirituality among the Dangme in Ghana

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-35
Author(s):  
Alice Korkor Ebeheakey ◽  
Steve Kquofi ◽  
Eric Appau Asante ◽  
Charlotte Buerkie Nubuor
Keyword(s):  
Driving Force ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The Body ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Higher Power ◽  
The Will

In African traditional religion, priding oneself in the beliefs and practices of one’s culture is intensely essential. The driving force for this is mainly the need to satisfy the will of a higher power. Cultural practices, being a channel between the living, the dead and the spirits is one of the ways in which a group of people satisfy the will of these higher beings. Body marking, among the Dangme, forms a great deal of aspects of cultural practices which connotes spirituality. This study discusses the concept of spirituality as enshrined in the body marks of the Dangme people of Ghana. To obtain the relevant information needed, the qualitative approach to research has been adopted using interviews and observation as the main data collection tools. These give a rich and in-depth understanding of the body marks that are practiced for spiritual purposes among the Dangme. This paper is a collation of findings from studies conducted between February, 2012 and February, 2019. It is evident from the research that, marks for spiritual purposes seemed to be practiced irrespective of the clan individuals hail from. These marks are seen as methods (or modes) of maintaining direct contact and proving allegiance to the spirits that protect them as a people.

scholarly journals The Utopian Impulse and Searching for the Kingdom of God: Ludwik Królikowski’s (1799–1879) Romantic Utopianism in Transnational Perspective

Slovene ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-226
Author(s):  
Piotr Kuligowski
Keyword(s):  
Human Activities ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Ideal State ◽  
The Will ◽  
Material Conditions ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Will Of God

This article addresses the question of the utopian impulse in Ludwik Królikowski’s work and thought, with particular reference to its transnational dimension. By providing a holistic view of his entire life and sketching his biographical background, this study reveals Królikowski’s principal inspirations and the reasons for his changes of mind, and in so doing, presents him against the background of various intersecting currents of thought. With regard to Królikowski’s utopianism, it is argued that he rejected the canons typical for Renaissance and Enlightenment reflections on the ideal state, in which visions of spotless, well-organized cities dominated. The Polish thinker was instead interested in Christianity and extolled spontaneous human activities, which would be in accordance with the will of God only if they were pursued freely, without any coercion. As analysis of his works reveals, he expounded a vision of utopia (primarily called “the Kingdom of God”) beyond time and space, without any consideration of the material conditions for its existence. In developing his views, Królikowski was inspired by Saint-Simonism, the Icarian movement, and ongoing discussions of the Polish and Slavic questions. These three main dimensions, interwoven with intermittent failures and reflections embarked upon anew, constituted the intellectual space in which his unique propositions were made.

Of those actions of the body which are subject to the power of the will.

2009 ◽  
pp. 201-207
Author(s):  
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach ◽  
Charles Caldwell
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
The Will

A Gold Ring in a Swine’s Snout (Prov 11:22)

2021 ◽  
pp. 121-150
Author(s):  
Laura Quick
Keyword(s):  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dominant Model ◽  
Golden Calf ◽  
Biblical Literature ◽  
Biblical Texts ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Material Evidence ◽  
Votive Offerings

This chapter explores jewellery in the Hebrew Bible in light of the material evidence from the ancient Levant. I consider the function of jewellery in biblical texts, focused upon how these objects modify and ritualize the body. The ability of jewellery to index personhood is utilized in order to explore and unpack the use of jewellery in votive offerings. Moving beyond these insights, I then turn to the recovery of amulets inscribed with biblical passages—the earliest written evidence for biblical literature. As amulets, these objects served an apotropaic, ritual function. In biblical texts, we see this in action in the production of the golden calf, which is made from the jewellery of the Israelites. Such items therefore provide access to dimensions of personal religion and religious worship carried out outside of the official sphere. But by making sure that jewellery was utilized in the furnishing of the Temple, the biblical writers circumscribe this personal piety, making it compliant to the larger dominant model of the official Temple cult.

Therapeutics and Medical Emergencies

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Longridge ◽  
Pete Clarke ◽  
Raheel Aftab ◽  
Tariq Ali
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Life Support ◽  
The Body ◽  
Practice Setting ◽  
Oral Side ◽  
Do No Harm ◽  
Medical Emergencies ◽  
The Will ◽  
Key Topics ◽  
Basic Level

Firstly, do no harm. This is held as the first law of clinical practice when considering any intervention to improve the health of our patients. This may at times be a difficult proposition, especially when the approach to treating a condition is fraught with risks and can carry the danger of adverse and unwanted side effects. Prescribing therapeutics is the time perhaps when this maxim should be most at the forefront of a clinician’s mind, as therapeutic interven­tions may not cause any immediately discernible danger or harm in the same way as operative interventions. It is therefore important for the prescriber to understand the relevant pharmacodynamics (the effects of the agent on the body) and pharmacokinetics (the effects of the body on the agent). To add a further layer of complexity, the reader should understand that pharmacological sciences are possibly the fastest evolving part of medicine. It would be a fair bet to say that, within the course of the reader’s undergraduate education, entire new classes of therapeutics will have emerged and established perceptions of other agents would have significantly changed. Practically speaking, this does not mean that it is necessary to mem­orize the nuances of all therapeutic agents (although you should have a good grasp of those you prescribe regularly); rather it is more important that a clinician understands how to recognize potential dangers and then be resourceful enough to mitigate against them, given the best know­ledge available at the time. Access to an up- to-date formulary and the will to use it are the surest way to navigate any prescribing pitfalls. ‘We don’t rise to the occasion, we fall to the most basic level of our training’. Thankfully, medical emergencies occur infrequently in the general practice setting. It is the rarity of such events that often leads to anxieties when dealing with them. This reaction is amplified by the caregiver’s nat­ural instinct to do something immediately, but often not knowing exactly what to do because the diagnosis is not immediately clear. The ABCDE approach, as advocated by the Resuscitation Council, is a safe and methodical way to approach any emergency. ABCDE is not only a hierarchy of importance for systems critical to life, but it also acts as an aide- memoire to undertake examinations and interventions when necessary. Most importantly, it buys time whilst the diagnosis is found or declares itself, without adversely affecting the outcome by inaction. Key topics include: ● Common drugs for common medical conditions ● Drug interactions ● Oral side effects of medications ● Basic life support ● Medical emergencies in dentistry (including the Resuscitation Council UK guidelines) ● ABCDE approach.

Creation, the Fall, and the Regime of the Passions

2020 ◽  
pp. 164-188
Author(s):  
Gerard O'Daly
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Desire ◽  
The Body ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Love Of God ◽  
Good And Evil ◽  
The Universe

The chapter discusses Augustine’s presentation in Books 11–14 of the origins of the two cities, heavenly and earthly. The focus is on the creation of the universe, the angels and the rebellion of some of them, and Adam, Eve, and the Fall. Specific themes include: Genesis exegesis; the elaboration of the history theme, with good and bad angels as ‘prologues’ to the two historical human cities; good and evil in the universe; angelic rebels and the nature of the will; death and resurrection; Platonist and Christian views on the body; Pauline flesh and spirit; emotions and passions; sexual desire in paradise and since the Fall; love of self and love of God, and the application of this contrast to the two cities.

Luther’s Theological Method of Conflict and Distinction

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-68
Author(s):  
Miikka Ruokanen
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Theological Method ◽  
Central Feature ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Scriptural Interpretation ◽  
The Public ◽  
God's Word ◽  
The Will ◽  
Entire World ◽  
Law And Gospel

Luther’s method of theology is that of Scriptural interpretation. Erasmus complains that Scripture is obscure, an authoritative tradition is needed to interpret it. Luther confirms both the external and internal clarity of Scripture itself: “External clarity” is guaranteed by the public proclamation of God’s word; the natural meaning of the “text published to the entire world” is found in the very letter of Scripture. “Internal clarity” guarantees that the same Holy Spirit who inspired the canonical authors “internally moves” the hearer of the word granting him/her participation in Christological grace. The Spirit-inspired word is an efficient carrier of Trinitarian grace that changes its hearers. In contrast to the skeptical view of Erasmus, Luther uses the assertive propositions of Scripture as a means of assuring theocentric salvation. Because of its double clarity, “Scripture alone,” sola Scriptura, is a sufficient norm for the truth of the gospel. Another central feature of Luther’s theological method in The Bondage of the Will is his view of the conflict between the opposing transcendental powers which fight over the control of the human beings: the Triune God’s goodness, love, and grace against unfaith, sin, and Satan. Only God’s Spirit can liberate the sinner from captivity by unfaith and evil. Erasmusnever mentions God’s Spirit when discussing grace, and there is no mention of Satan in his treatise. Moreover, the distinction between the “things below oneself” and the “things above oneself” is crucial for Luther’s understanding of law and gospel; Erasmus makes no distinction between the two realms.

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