Peran Orang Tua Untuk Meningkatkan Kualitas Ibadah Keluarga Berdasarkan Ulangan 6:7

This study was developed with the aim of analyzing the role of parents in improving the quality of family worship based on the book of Deuteronomy 6:7. This study use a qualitative method by descriptive approach using literature and journal studies. The results of the study indicate that the inculcation of spiritual and religious values ​​must be carried out by parents. The word 'teach' in this verse uses the Hebrew word shânan and the word shânan here uses the root form of the Piel PERFECT type which means to whet or to sharpen, in Ugarit this is interpreted as the act of repeating, expressing an active process so that shânan is interpreted by teaching diligently. A similar emphasis to the word 'to speak' which comes from the Hebrew word dâbar also uses the Piel form to mean to talk continuously. Shânan and dâbar can be done in well-organized family worship in the morning ang evening as exemplified by parents. Parents can 'teach diligently' by linking children's activities with knowledge of God, at any time and at every opportunity. Parents are important educators for their children to forge, educate, train, guide and discipline their children by promoting peace and harmony. Penelitian ini dikembangkan dengan tujuan untuk menganilisa peran orang tua dalam meningkatkan kualitas ibadah keluarga berdasarkan kitab Ulangan 6:7. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif melalui pendekatan deskriptif dengan menggunakan studi pustaka dan jurnal. Hasil penelitian yang diperoleh menyatakan bahwa penanaman nilai-nilai rohani dan keagamaan harus dilakukan oleh orang tua. Kata ‘mengajarkan’ dalam ayat ini menggunakan kata Ibrani shânan dan kata shânan di sini menggunakan bentuk kata dasar jenis Piel PERFECT yang dimaknai mempertajam atau mengasah, di Ugarit ini dimaknai tindakan mengulang, menyatakan proses aktif sehingga shânan diartikan dengan mengajarkan berulang-ulang. Penekanan serupa dengan kata ‘membicarakan’ yang berasal dari kata Ibrani dâbar juga menggunakan bentuk Piel sehingga diartikan membicarakan terus menerus. Shânan dan dâbar dapat dilakukan dalam ibadah keluarga yang teratur pada pagi dan petang yang dicontohkan oleh orang tua. Orang tua dapat ‘mengajarkan berulang-ulang’ dengan menghubungkan aktifitas anak dengan pengenalan akan Tuhan, di setiap waktu dan di setiap kesempatan. Orang tua adalah sebagai pendidik eminen kepada anak-anaknya untuk menempa, mengedukasi, melatih, menuntun dan mendisiplin anak-anaknya dengan mengasung kententraman dan keharmonisan.

Faith and the Family: Family Life and the Spread of Evangelical Culture in the Scottish Gàidhealtachd, c. 1790–c. 1860

This examination of the Scottish Gàidhealtachd (Gaelic-speaking area) extends beyond protestant ideas about the gendered family to how people actually implemented spiritual practices at home. The results complicate earlier conclusions, showing that family worship undermined as well as reinforced the patriarchal family. The challenge to fathers’ authority came less from the influence of mothers than from children and non-family members who, through literacy, became better equipped than fathers for spiritual leadership. Examining family life shows how some Gaels used evangelicalism to reshape their culture while also exposing how others resisted this change.

The Influence of Prayer and Family Worship on Relationship Functioning among Married Adults in the Caribbean and Latin American

Religion and its practice have been found to significantly influence marital satisfaction and quality. However, there is a paucity of research that has explored these relationships among married adults living in the Caribbean and Latin America. This study examines the influence of prayer and family worship on relationship satisfaction, emotional attunement, conflict resolution and belief in traditional gender roles among Christian Caribbean and Latin American married adults. Data were gathered from 3997 Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) adults in the Caribbean and Latin America. Hierarchical multiple regression (HMR) analyses were conducted to evaluate the associations between religious practices (personal prayer, family worship, church attendance, and bible study) and relationship outcomes (relationship satisfaction, emotional attunement, conflict resolution, beliefs in traditional roles) independent of gender and level of education. The results suggest that married adults who spend more time in habitual prayer and at least weekly family worship experience higher levels of relationship satisfaction, emotional attunement and satisfaction with how conflicts were resolved. Additionally, married adults who were more likely to have a daily prayer life also reported having more egalitarian beliefs about roles and responsibilities in their relationships. These findings highlight the significant influence prayer and family worship have on relationship satisfaction and functioning.

From Temple to Household Altar (Butsudan and Zushi in Japanese Culture)

The article focuses on one of the most important Buddhist sacred objects of Japanese religion known as household altar (butsudan) as well as the miniature icon case (zushi) which has genetic relation with the latter. These objects are the most typical examples of religious art in Japan. Aside from their major religious significance in Japanese culture, various religious ideas and many skillful techniques were incorporated to them that transform them into wonderful works of art. The Buddhist family altar is one of the most peculiar objects that characterize Japanese religiosity. This paper examines some issues of the origin, development and existence of a Buddhist altar. It is the center of family worship and devotional activities in Japan, as an important communication tool between this world and the world of the afterlife; it also produces a sense of continuity between the generations, e.g. when people report to the ancestors events related to the living members of the family. In Japan, where religion is increasingly observed critically, religious practices centered on the Butsudan are one of the country’s most enduring social and religious traditions.

Practical Works

Practical works were designed to enable readers to practise the Christian life. This chapter begins with comparative accounts of collections of sermons and prayers and their intended audiences. Some sermon collections were meant for family worship on Sunday evenings, such as those by the Congregationalists Isaac Watts and John Mason; John Wesley’s were for Methodist preachers and societies; George Burder’s were for poor villagers and Sunday schools. Prayer collections analysed are Elizabeth Rowe’s Devout Exercises and those by the Presbyterian Samuel Bourn, the Unitarian William Enfield, the Congregationalist Samuel Palmer, and the Church of England evangelical James Stonhouse. The chapter is largely devoted to case studies of three devotional handbooks, William Law’s A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, Philip Doddridge’s The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul, and Henry Venn’s The Complete Duty of Man, with accounts of editions, adaptations, and readers’ responses.

‘Conscientious Attention to Publick and Family Worship of God’: Religious Practice in Eighteenth-Century English Households

Households were the basic units of society in England until well into the nineteenth century, providing the focus of much economic activity, as well as education and, as this essay will argue, religious and devotional life. Recent research has revealed the centrality of religious life in the home in early modern England, but the extensive research about eighteenth-century households over the past fifteen years has seldom made reference to the place and practice of religion in the domestic context. This essay, focusing on the corporate religious life of Anglican households rather than on the piety and devotions of individuals, suggests that religion remained at the heart of the home and family lives of Anglican laypeople throughout the period. It was not rediscovered by Evangelicals, nor was it a distinguishing feature of evangelical households, but was a continuing element throughout the period.

Chapter IV

The sun rose upon a tranquil world, and beamed down upon the peaceful village like a benediction. Breakfast over, Aunt Polly had family worship; it began with a prayer built from the ground up of solid courses of Scriptural quotations, welded together with a...