Media: Jurnal Filsafat dan Teologi

Membaca Pendidikan Hadap-Masalah Paulo Freire dari Perspektif Intersubjektivitas menurut Merleau-Ponty

2026-02-16T09:06:17+08:00

This article examines Paulo Freire’s problem-posing education through the perspective of intersubjectivity in Merleau-Ponty. The purpose of this study is to clarify the implicit intersubjective dimension within problem-posing education, which is not explicitly formulated by Freire but structurally present in his pedagogical framework. This research employs a qualitative method based on library research, using a hermeneutic approach to interpret Freire’s concept of education in dialogue with Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of the body, the presence of the other, and the language as the genesis of meaning. This study demonstrates that problem-posing education presupposes an understanding of human as embodied subjects who are always already open to others and to the world. Teacher-student relations are thus understood as subject-subject relations rather than hierarchical or objectifying ones. Language is not treated merely as technical instrument for transmitting, but as an expressive and constitutive medium through which meaning medium emerges intersubjectively. The main conclusion of this study shows that problem-posing education is grounded in an ontological dimension of intersubjectivity, where education is understood as an existential encounter between subjects who collectively disclose unfinished meanings in the world. This perspective offers a philosophical foundation for dialogical education and highlights its relevance for contemporary educational challenges.

Kritik Epistemologis Jacques Rancière atas Marxisme Struktural Louis Althusser

2026-02-03T11:49:54+08:00

This paper critically examines Jacques Rancière rejection of Althusser’s concept of interpretation in epistemological rupture. Rancière critique stems from his rejection of hierarchical epistemological structures in the dichotomy between science and ideology. For Rancière, this approach actually constrains the division of social aesthetics of class outside of power as an ideological object, rather than as an autonomous political subject. By examining the original works of Rancière and Althusser, the author uses a qualitative research model. Through this research model, the author analyzes Rancière's critique of Althusser in terms of elitism, epistemological break, and the separation of science and politics using hermeneutics. The results of this research contain hermeneutic arguments that emphasize that the interpretation of Marxismmust be grounded withinsocial aesthetics. This can happen because Ranciere attempts to present the progressive side of the Marxist tradition that has collapsed due to Althusser's concept of epistemological break.

Value Pluralism and Islamic Moral Education: A Philosophical Reconstruction of Akhlak Education in Plural Societies

2026-02-25T17:30:43+08:00

This article examines the reconstruction of Islamic moral education through the integration of value pluralism within the framework of Islamic educational philosophy. The study addresses the challenge of moral complexity and value conflicts in contemporary pluralistic Muslim societies. The research aims to formulate a conceptual model of moral education that remains normatively grounded in Islamic values while being responsive to value diversity. Using a qualitative library research design, the study applies philosophical–normative analysis to key works in moral philosophy and Islamic educational thought, particularly the concepts of tawḥīd and maqāṣid al-sharī‘ah. The findings indicate that value pluralism can serve as a reflective ethical framework that acknowledges the diversity and incommensurability of values without leading to moral relativism. When dialogically integrated with Islamic normative principles, it produces a conceptual model of Islamic moral education that is adaptive, dialogical, and normatively oriented, fostering students’ capacity for moral deliberation and ethical responsibility in pluralistic societies.

Peran Orang Muda Katolik dalam Pewartaan Injil di Era Digital: Perspektif Teologi Pastoral tentang Pengudusan Dunia Digital

2026-02-19T08:51:59+08:00

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This study examines the role of Catholic Youth (Orang Muda Katolik/OMK) in proclaiming the Gospel in the digital era through a pastoral theological perspective on the sanctification of the digital world. Employing a qualitative phenomenological descriptive approach, data were collected through open-ended written interviews conducted online with 13 participants and supported by systematic literature review. The analysis was carried out using thematic analysis to identify patterns of faith interpretation, digital engagement, and ethical practice. The findings indicate that OMK understand evangelization primarily as authentic Christian witness embodied in daily digital interaction rather than merely verbal proclamation. Digital media is perceived not only as a communication tool but as a cultural and pastoral space where faith, identity, and relationships are negotiated. Despite challenges such as performative pressure, digital fatigue, and exposure to conflicting values, OMK demonstrate reflective and responsible engagement in cultivating ethical and humanizing online communication. This study contributes to pastoral theology by positioning youths’ digital experiences as a locus of theological reflection and by mapping the relational connection between evangelization, digital practice, and the sanctification of the digital world.

Analisis Syahadat sebagai Ujaran Performatif dalam Speech Act Theory John L. Austin

2026-02-26T10:01:38+08:00

This study analyzes the shahada through the framework of speech act theory developed by John Langshaw Austin. Traditionally, the shahada has been interpreted within a normative theological framework as a declaration of faith and the foundation of Muslim identity. This research aims to broaden that understanding by examining the shahada as a performative utterance that carries linguistic action and social implications. The study employs a qualitative approach based on library research and conceptual analysis of Austin’s speech act theory and its systematic development by John Searle. The findings demonstrate that the recitation of the shahada can be understood as a performative act involving locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary dimensions simultaneously. Within the social context, the shahada functions as a linguistic declaration that marks an individual’s transition into the Muslim community. However, the analysis also reveals the limitation of speech act theory in addressing the ontological and existential-transcendent dimension of the shahada, since Austin’s performativity primarily relies on social conventions rather than theological realities that transcend linguistic structures.

Bunuh Diri dalam Perspektif Sosiologi Agama dan Teologi Katolik

2026-02-03T10:31:52+08:00

This article examines suicide from the perspectives of the sociology of religion and Catholic theology in order to understand its social, moral, and pastoral dimensions. The study employs a qualitative approach through interdisciplinary library research, integrating sociological theories of religion with theological reflections within the Catholic tradition. The analysis shows that suicide cannot be understood solely as an individual act but is closely related to social integration, communal solidarity, and the protective role of religious communities. From a theological perspective, Bunuh Diri Dalam Perspektif Sosiologi Agama dan Teologi KatolikCatholic teaching emphasizes the inherent dignity of the human person, the complexity of moral responsibility in situations of psychological suffering, and the primacy of divine mercy. The study argues that an interdisciplinary approach provides a more comprehensive framework for interpreting suicide and responding pastorally to those affected by it. It proposes a contextual pastoral response that includes spiritual accompaniment, compassionate pastoral care, and the strengthening of community support systems. Such an approach enables the Church to address the issue of suicide in a more humane, reflective, and pastorally responsible manner.