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Indonesian Journal of Theology

ISSN 2339-0751

4 papers in the library · publishing 2014-2026

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An Encounter Between Theology and Shamanism

Indonesian Journal of Theology December 25, 2025 Kai Ngu

Inspired by Joel Robbins’s call for theology and anthropology to collaborate as theoretical partners, in this article, I examine the theologian Jojo M. Fung’s recent books, Sacred Sustainability, Polyhedral Christianity and Cosmic Challenges (2025) and A Shamanic Pneumatology in a Mystical Age of Sacred Sustainability (2017) from the point of view of an anthropologist. In these books, Fung...

Mystical Hunger

Indonesian Journal of Theology September 10, 2020 L. Leonard

This article endeavors to discuss hunger as a site for mystical encounter with God. The history of Christian mysticism shows that our experiences play a significant role in the sourcing of its very theology. Upon consideration of a clarifying definition for mystical theology, I elaborate on Simone Weil’s view of hunger as mystical experience along with Dorothee Solle’s notion that mystical...

The Advaitic Experience in Christianity and Hinduism

Indonesian Journal of Theology September 7, 2014 Toar Banua Hutagalung

Relationality between Jesus the Son and God the Father becomes a perfect model of God and humanity. But, how do we understand the meaning of this relationality? Why in Hinduism, especially, in Advaitic tradition, this relationality issue becomes an essential element to realize the one God? Can we do a pilgrimage of our faith by comparing Christian and Hindu traditions? This study will examine...