Gereja Sebagai Umat Allah dan Rekan Negara
Journal Title: UNKNOWN - Year 2019, Vol 17, Issue 1
Abstract
This article aims to elaborate church position as God’s people and citizens of a nation based on observations from Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts. Afterward, it will examine its relevance for the church in Indonesia, to find the right position regarding the Christian attitude toward the nation. By utilizing a narrative analysis approach, combined with social analyses conducted by Philip F. Esler, this writing will observe the interaction between Paul and Roman officials. In accordance with the assumption of textual unity (which is characteristic of narrative analysis), the study on the interaction will be connected with the social dimension of all Luke’s writing. Based on the result of the biblical text analysis, it is concluded that the church is not the opposition of the nation, rather a partner that has social responsibility to actualize shalom for church community, and a wider scope of society. Accordingly, the church in Indonesia should strengthen diaconal ministry.
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Herry Susanto
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- DOI 10.25278/jj71.v17i1.298
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