Abstract
This research aims to create a harmonious relationship among different religions in Indonesia. This aim is reached through reconstructing a multicultural theology based on biblical understanding. The multicultural theology is a biblical principle that be constructed in balancing between Old Testament and New Testament, between general revelation and special revelation. By exposing the general revelation based on theocentric dimension, we found general principles about how to make a good relationship among people in their differences, according to God’s perspective. At the same time, multicultural theology also exposes particular revelation principles centered upon the Christocentric dimension. This research is a qualitative study with a library approach. Data is analyzed by interpretation, critical thinking, and truth and healthy consideration based on the primary source. We found a Christian value to be a foundation to make the relationship in harmony with other people. For this purpose we are proposing a theological framework designed from Biblical principles, covering the following: (1) Cultural Mandate, (2) Human Nature, (3) Theological principles: God’s Sovereignty, God’s Providence and God’s Justice, (4) Incarnation, (5) Universal Soteriology (6) Present Theocracy, (7) Church Nature and (8) Eschatological Multiculture. Christian leaders are central people that must create a relationship with other people in harmony. Through this way, the Christian leaders can engage the religious radicalism by doing good things and togetherness in social work.
Highlights
The religious radicalism produces antisocial attitude among people in their plural situation
Winarno affirmed in a similar tone that inter-ethnic conflict had become a 'contemporary global issue' (Winarno 2011). This global-scale conflict in the form of acts of violence, 'armed conflicts', has destroyed millions of lives (Miall 2000). This social disintegration took the form of inter-religious and intergroupings conflicts, like what happened in Ireland: Catholics and Protestants, in Bosnia-Analisa Journal of Social Science and Religion Volume 05 Number 01 Juli 2020 Pages 87-105
An analysis is purely based on truth and healthy consideration. The application of this method is to reconstruct multicultural theology based on biblical understanding
Summary
The religious radicalism produces antisocial attitude among people in their plural situation. It has been a problem as long as the human race itself. Winarno affirmed in a similar tone that inter-ethnic conflict had become a 'contemporary global issue' (Winarno 2011). This global-scale conflict in the form of acts of violence, 'armed conflicts', has destroyed millions of lives (Miall 2000). This social disintegration took the form of inter-religious and intergroupings conflicts, like what happened in Ireland: Catholics and Protestants, in Bosnia-
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