This article focuses on the theme of collaboration and friendship lived and experienced in Widya Sasana School of Philosophy and Theology to respond the challenges of the times. The methodology applied is analysis of historical moments without going into the details of the events based on the original documents of foundation of the campus. The goal of study is to analize how friendship and collaboration have shaped and built up this campus. STFT Widya Sasana is metaphorically like a ship that has to continue to sail across the ocean of educational challenges from time to time. This historiographical analysis study found that true friendship needs to prioritize missionary, collaborative, dialogical, accountable and sustainable characters for the priestly education in such a way that the alumni be able to respond to the challenges of the times.
The aim of this paper is to explore the philosophical cultural tradition of the Javanese people related to their relationship with the world or nature, namely Hamemayu Hayuning Bawono ("to beautify the beauty of the world" or "to harmonize the harmony of the world). In the Javanese culture, beauty is literally identical with harmony. The study is intended to contribute the theme of the role of cultural-religious heritage to interfaith harmony. In the Javanese tradition, the meaning of the world (Bawono) includes both, the nature in which humans live and the order of living together in harmony with neighbors. The cultural-philosophical tradition of Hamemayu Hayuning Bawono thus designates the "whole" concept of the everyday life. By "the whole", I mean cultural, social, and religious aspects of living out their relationship with the world and the Other. This study utilizes the hermeneutic methodology of Javanese manuscripts as philosophical foundation of the tradition. The ancient manuscripts are taken from Serat Centini as transliterated and translated by Prof. P.J. Zoetmulder SJ in his dissertation that has been translated in Indonesian language as Manunggaling Kawulo Gusti (Unity of God and Me). Interfaith harmony in the context of the Javanese tradition is not only interpreted as an absence of conflict amidst diversity of religions, but also is lived out as peaceful relationship of the human beings and between humans and nature and God, the Creator. To the Javanese philosophy, harmony has deep meaning as respect towards nature on the one hand and also the order of peaceful living together in society as well as unity with God on the other.
This article aims to dialogue the concept of divinity in Manggarai, Indonesia, with the teachings of the Catholic Church. The concept of God in the Manggarai community has some similarities with the doctrine of God in the Catholic Church, that is, concerning the acknowledgment of God’s existence, involvement, and care. However, there are also matters that are quite different and that are not found in each respective context. On the one hand, the similarities can help those involved in catechesis with fresh understandings. On the other hand, the differences may enrich the outlook into knowledge about the concept of divinity, both in the context of living the Church’s teachings as well as in the context of being member of the cultural community. The results of the dialogue as explored in this article open the possibilities to help decrease the practices of syncretism on matters of faith in the Manggarai Catholic community. The approaches used by the authors to trace the concept of divinity in the two contexts are mainly qualitative with ethnographic and documentation methods. The findings are a mainstay for pastoral agents in determining certain themes for catechesis, especially those related to the concept of Godhead.
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