Pub Date : 2021-08-05DOI: 10.47135/mahabbah.v2i2.27
Robb Lawrence Torseth
It is a contemporary trend by many theologians and philosophers to view the Doctrine of Divine Simplicity (from hereon, DDS) as an unnecessary, illogical, and problematic addendum of scholasticism to theology proper. However, upon further investigation, this doctrine is found to be prevalent and implied in biblically orthodox ontology. Furthermore, it may be shown that the DDS bears potentially broad ramifications to how we understand the Trinity (given that it proceeds from simplicity in logical priority) and, subsequently, how we understand the initial, sustained, and perfected work of God in salvation through grace. Therefore, contrary to current theological trends, it may be stated that the DDS is, in fact, a centrifugal, practical, and even indispensablepart of the Christian understanding of how we know God.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-30DOI: 10.47135/mahabbah.v2i2.31
Nkechi G. Onah, F. Uroko
While freedom of expression or free speech is a fundamental human right of all, hate speech heralds danger for a country. Using a qualitative research approach, this study examines the connection between hate speech, ethnoreligious conflicts, and political stability in Nigeria. This study argues that the threat to internal security in Nigeria is a resultant effect of social injustice in the country. In Nigeria, hate speech has been on the increase instigating ethnic and religious sentiment, mistrust, and conflicts. The study suggests that peace social justice and political inclusion should be adopted in running the affairs of the nation.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-29DOI: 10.47135/mahabbah.v2i2.32
Ulrike Elsdörfer
Counselling in healthcare is a method-based encounter between two persons. This is at least the definition according to psychology. One person, the client, has the chance to express mental, social and physical problems. The other person, the counsellor or therapist, makes use of her or his knowledge, intuition and responsiveness, in order to explore and heal. Spiritual counselling follows the same procedure. The counsellor is a trained religious person, aspects of spirituality give a distinct notion to the process. Group therapies relate to the needs of people in indigenous worlds, and non-western thinking as well as post-colonial analysis assists to make visible deep social shifts between different societies in a globalized world. Presence and listening are the two dominant qualities of a therapist, a counsellor or a spiritual advisor in this context. What happens, if exactly these qualities are rejected by needs of healthcare? How are the impacts of a globalized pandemic like COVID-19 on this concept of therapy, counselling and encounter in spiritual dimensions? What will lead to a form of community and social life? How does mental health prevention look like in times of challenges?
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Pub Date : 2021-07-29DOI: 10.47135/mahabbah.v2i2.29
G. V. Buskirk
This article examines Wesley's moral-theological economy as a hermeneutical circle that moves from stewardship to response through the structure of our moral psychology that responds to God's gracious initiative manifest throughout creation. The first part describes Wesley's Economics of Stewardship, followed by Wesley's Moral Psychology of Response and Perfect Love. While the final part, responding to the Poor as Stewards of God's Grace. The conclusion of this article is that stewardship is God's sole proprietor who requires the use of responsibility made possible through God's free initiative and ongoing throughout Creation means establishing a relationship with him, starting with our relationship with the poor. Wesley's wisdom of stewardship is thus embodied in his moral theological dynamics of response as stewards, called to use ourselves wisely in the trust of what has been entrusted to us.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-28DOI: 10.47135/mahabbah.v2i2.28
P. H. Heng, Desiree Gracia Nelwan, Septi Lathiifah
The entire world is being attacked by a pandemic outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or what we know as COVID-19. The Indonesian government policy of limiting the crowd of people when socializing affects various activities of young people at church, including in North Sumatera. This causes the psychological well-being (PWB) of the youth to be disturbed. Research shows Christian youths carry out activities such as wasting time on social media and online games that may lead to gambling (Jap et al., 2013) while neglecting their education, which is contrary to Christian teachings. Constantly pressured for neglecting responsibility and doing sins may affect PWB in youth, and forgiveness from God, their family and themselves may help increase PWB. Pre and post-test of PWB and forgiveness are administered. The instrument used is the PWB questionnaire based on Ryff's (1995) theory and TRIM-18 based on McCullough and Hoyt (2002). The subjects are adolescents and young adults aged 11-40 years in North Sumatera. Results show that both variables are high. There were differences based on participants’ educational background and whether or not the participants read the bible everyday in the PWB post-test data. As for the forgiveness, results show that there were differences based on educational background and occupation in the pre-test data, while in the post-test data, there is a difference based on how many times an individual reads the bible in a day.
严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒2 (SARS-CoV-2)或我们所知的COVID-19的大流行正在袭击整个世界。印度尼西亚政府在社交活动中限制人群的政策影响了包括北苏门答腊在内的年轻人在教堂的各种活动。这导致青少年的心理健康(PWB)受到干扰。研究表明，基督教青年在社交媒体和可能导致赌博的网络游戏上浪费时间(Jap et al.， 2013)，同时忽视了他们的教育，这与基督教教义相反。长期被忽视责任和犯罪的压力可能会影响青少年的PWB，而来自上帝、家人和自己的宽恕可能会帮助增加PWB。对PWB和宽恕进行前、后测试。使用的工具是基于Ryff(1995)理论的PWB问卷和基于McCullough和Hoyt(2002)的TRIM-18。研究对象为北苏门答腊11-40岁的青少年和青壮年。结果表明，这两个变量都很高。在PWB测试后的数据中，受试者的教育背景和是否每天阅读圣经存在差异。在宽恕方面，结果显示，在测试前数据中存在教育背景和职业的差异，而在测试后数据中，个体在一天内阅读圣经的次数存在差异。
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Pub Date : 2020-07-15DOI: 10.47135/mahabbah.v1i1.2
Hyun-woo Koo
There are about ten Korean missionaries in Zambia, which is Christianized since experiencing colonial era under Western Christians. This situation brings a question regarding to their uniqueness compare to the nineteenth-century-British missionaries: how are these Korean missionaries distinct from Western evangelists and what has shaped this difference? To answer the question, this article compares several groups of missionaries by consulting historical records, established literature, and interviews produced by author. Especially, voices from the Korean missionaries in Zambia reveal the distinctiveness of themselves as the people who share the experience of living under colonial rule, and suggest their role within Zambian Christianity and society.
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