"Plans to Prosper You": Practical Theological Resourcing of Immigrant Churches for Civic Engagement

Christopher The

doi:10.46567/ijt.v3i1.67

Penulis

Christopher The Fuller Theological Seminary https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6124-8614

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46567/ijt.v3i1.67

Kata Kunci:

teologi praktis (metode), gereja imigran, keterlibatan sosial, Kekristenan Asia-Amerika, pembuangan, diaspora, identitas, shalom

Abstrak

Gereja-gereja bagi kaum imigran berfungsi sebagai ruang interpretasi, di mana strategi-strategi asimilasi diputuskan serta norma-norma budaya yang bertabrakan dapat dinegosiasikan. Menyoal dekadensi di kalangan orang-orang Asia-Amerika yang berhadapan dengan kewajiban untuk berperan sebagai masyarakat sipil, penulis mengusulkan sebuah metode teologi praktikal yang bersumber dari pertemuan antara hermeneutika Alkitab dari perspektif diaspora dan beberapa pandangan tertentu dari ilmu sosial. Secara khusus untuk kekristenan Asia-Amerika, pertanyaan yang disasar adalah bagaimana gereja-gereja imigran dapat lebih serius mengupayakan shalom bagi “kota” yang mereka diami? Sumber-sumber apa yang tersedia bagi para migran dari kalangan Injili–juga anak-anak mereka–supaya dapat lebih jernih mendefinisikan identitas serta rasa memiliki kepada tanah (yang baru) ini? Bagaimana supaya gereja-gereja imigran dapat melayani konstituen-konstituen mereka dengan lebih baik di tengah konteks masyarakat sipil Amerika Serikat. Penyesuaian identitas yang tepat di tengah-tengah situasi “pembuangan” para imigran Kristen dapat membantu mencipta ruang yang lebih baik bagi mereka di tengah masyarakat Amerika kontemporer. Gereja-gereja imigran dipanggil untuk membentuk imaginasi-imaginasi interpretatif yang dapat membantu umat untuk mengenali panggilan yang ilahi serta menentukan respons manusia yang tepat di tengah konteks di mana Allah telah menyebarkan umat-Nya. Artikel ini juga akan memberikan satu contoh dalam melakukan teologi praktikal.

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Biografi Penulis

Christopher The, Fuller Theological Seminary

Christopher The mendapat gelar M.A. in Religion dari Azusa Pacific University dan M.Div. dari Fuller Theological Seminary, dan saat ini sedang menempuh studi Ph.D. in Practical Theology dari Fuller Theological Seminary. Minat risetnya adalah teologi pastoral, teori-teori kritis tentang ras dan etnisitas, studi-studi migrasi, dan transmisi iman lintas generasi dalam konteks gereja-gereja Indonesia-Amerika di Southern California.

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