Demonetizing God through A Pacific Ecotheology of Life, Rest, and Restraint

Faafetai Aiava

doi:10.46567/ijt.v13i2.644

Penulis

Faafetai Aiava Pacific Theological College, Fiji

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46567/ijt.v13i2.644

Kata Kunci:

relasionalitas, kapitalisme, Indigenous, penatalayanan, pembatasan, Pasifik, komodifikasi, ekonomi

Abstrak

Artikel ini mengeksplorasi bagaimana komodifikasi waktu dan teologi di bawah ekonomi keuangan global memengaruhi keterputusan ekologi dan spiritual di Pasifik. Tulisan ini memeriksa apa yang terjadi ketika Allah dibentuk oleh logika pasar, sehingga menjadi sebuah figur transaksional yang terkait dengan kemakmuran material ketimbang kesejahteraan seluruh kehidupan. Alih-alih mengikuti model-model penatalayanan, tulisan mengajukan sebuah ekonomi ilahi yang menghormati ritme-ritme Bumi, merengkuh nilai-nilai serta kebajikan Pasifik, dan mempertahankan prinsip bahwa seluruh kehidupan adalah sakral. Dengan demikian, “demonetisasi” Allah bukanlah sekadar kritik terhadap kapitalisme, melainkan bertujuan untuk memulihkan sebuah visi teologis yang mengedepankan istirahat, pembatasan, dan relasi dengan seluruh ciptaan demi tercapainya keadilan ekologis.

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Biografi Penulis

Faafetai Aiava, Pacific Theological College, Fiji

Faafetai Aiava adalah seorang teolog dari Samoa dan saat ini melayani sebagai Kepala Bidang Teologi dan Etika di Pacific Theological College di Fiji, di mana ia dan keluarga telah tinggal selama 12 tahun terakhir. Ia telah menulis, mempresentasikan makalah di forum-forum internasiona, dan mengajar di persinggungan antara teologi, hermeneutika Pasifik, dan isu-isu etis terkait kehidupan manusia dan makhluk lainnya.

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