Religious Pluralism And Christian Responses

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  • Enggar Objantoro STT Simpson

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https://doi.org/10.46445/ejti.v2i1.94

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Pluralism, Christian, Religion

Abstract

Enggar Objantoro, Pluralisme Agama dan Tanggapan Kristen. Pluralisme agama merupakan paham yang mempercayai bahwa semua agama di dunia ini sama. Kaum pluralis percaya bahwa kebenaran-kebenaran yang ada dalam semua agama mempunyai nilai yang sama, tidak ada agama yang lebih tinggi dari agama yang lain. Pluralisme agama menjadi tantangan yang sangat serius bagi kekristenan, sebab paham itu menolak kebenaran Alkitab yang menyatakan bahwa Tuhan Yesus adalah satu-satunya Juruselamat manusia. Kekristenan harus menjawab kritikan-kritikan kaum pluralis terhadap kebenaran-kebenaran Alkitab, dengan memberikan argumentasi yang jelas dan tegas. Teolog-teolog Injili percaya bahwa kebenaran-kebenaran Alkitab merupakan sesuatu yang khas/unik dalam kekristenan, yang tidak sama dengan kebenaran-kebenaran dalam agama-agama lain.

 

Enggar Objantoro, Religious Pluralism and Christian Responses. Religious pluralism be-lieves that all religions are equal. Pluralists believe that the truths in religions have the same value, there is no religions higher than other. Religious pluralism is serious challenge for Christianity, because they reject the biblical truth that Jesus is only the savior for human being in the world. Christianity has to response to the pluralist critiques over the biblical truths, based on the Word of God. Evangelical theologians believe that the biblical truth is unique, and is just in Christianity. It is different with the truths of other religions.

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2018-02-23

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Objantoro, E. (2018). Religious Pluralism And Christian Responses. Evangelikal: Jurnal Teologi Injili Dan Pembinaan Warga Jemaat, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.46445/ejti.v2i1.94

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