BUILDING A CHRISTIAN ECOLOGICAL ETHIC AMID THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS:
A Contextual Theological Study of the Relationship between Humans, Nature, and the Responsibility of Faith
Keywords:
Teologi kontekstual, etika ekologis Kristen, ekoteologi, krisis lingkunganAbstract
Krisis lingkungan merupakan salah satu tantangan global yang tidak hanya berdampak pada keberlanjutan ekosistem, tetapi juga memengaruhi kehidupan sosial, ekonomi, dan spiritual manusia. Dalam konteks tersebut, teologi dipanggil untuk menghadirkan refleksi yang mampu menjawab persoalan ekologis secara kontekstual. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis bagaimana teologi kontekstual merekonstruksi etika ekologis Kristen melalui pemahaman relasi antara Allah, manusia, dan seluruh ciptaan di tengah krisis lingkungan. Penelitian menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kepustakaan (library research), melalui analisis kritis terhadap berbagai literatur ilmiah, meliputi buku akademik, artikel jurnal, dan dokumen resmi yang berkaitan dengan teologi kontekstual, ekoteologi, etika ekologis, dan krisis lingkungan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa krisis lingkungan pada hakikatnya merupakan krisis relasi yang berakar pada paradigma antroposentris dan eksploitasi alam. Oleh karena itu, etika ekologis Kristen tidak cukup dipahami sebagai kewajiban moral untuk menjaga lingkungan, tetapi perlu direkonstruksi sebagai etika relasional yang bertumpu pada tiga dimensi utama, yaitu relasi teologis antara Allah dan ciptaan, relasi ekologis antara manusia dan alam, serta relasi etis yang diwujudkan melalui tanggung jawab iman dalam menghadirkan keadilan ekologis dan keberlanjutan kehidupan. Penelitian ini berkontribusi dalam memperkaya pengembangan teologi kontekstual dengan menawarkan kerangka konseptual yang mengintegrasikan refleksi teologis dan praksis ekologis, sekaligus menegaskan pentingnya peran gereja dalam membangun spiritualitas ekologis, keadilan ekologis, dan keterlibatan aktif dalam ruang publik sebagai bagian dari missio Dei.
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