• Original Title: Teologi Bencana: Pergumulan Iman dalam Konteks Bencana Alam dan Bencana Sosial (Theology of Disaster: The Struggle for Faith in the Context of Natural and Social Disasters)
• Editors: Zakaria J. Ngelow, et. al.
• Archive Type: Book
• Published: 2019
• Publisher: BPK Gunung Mulya with Yayasan Oase Intim
• Place: Jakarta
• Pages: 333
• ISBN: 9786022316053
• Available File(s): Photos
• Keywords: ecotheology, disaster, catastrophe, sovereignty, Indonesia, Zakaria J. Ngelow, contextual theology, Indonesia.
• Link: https://books.google.com/books/about/Teologi_bencana.html?id=pN72rQEACAAJ

Disaster is one of several themes that often came up in the conversation between religion, ecology, and colonialism in Indonesia. Teologi Bencana, a volume edited by Contextual theologian Zakaria J. Ngelow, published in 2019, explores this theme. Collecting 21 articles written by Christian theologians and environmental activists in the nation, this book tries to point out connections between ecological disaster and social disaster. The book includes (1) reflections on personal experience, (2) reinterpretations of scriptural texts, and (3) reconstructions of notions or theology, where many of them are based upon contextual reflection “from below” or what has been commonly understood as “lived theology.”

The book does not give a definite answer on what “disaster” is. Rather, it presents various resources and ways of answering it. For example, contextual theologian John Campbell-Nelson writes a personal reflection on the earthquake in Alor, suggesting that disaster means that the earth is “unsettled.” Another essay, particularly by Julianus Mojau, attempts to show that during a time of disaster, it is God who suffers, not only humans. The book is relevant for those who want to study the relationship between the Christian religion, ecology, and contextual theology.

Authors in this book: Bernard T. Adeney-Risakotta, Marie Claire Barth-Frommel, John Campbell-Nelson, Jerda Djawa, Barend F. Drewes, Karel Phil. Erari, Teuku Kemal Fasya, Eirene Gulo, Ati Hildebrandt Rambe, Marku Hildebrandt Rambe, Uwe Hummel, Jilles de Klerk, Lady Paula P. Mandalika, Wolfgang Marquardt, Julianus Mojau, Zakaria J. Ngelow, Eckart Rein, Emanuel Gerrit Singgih, Abidin Wakano, and Andreas Yewangoe.

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• Zakaria J. Ngelow, Teologi Bencana: Pergumulan Iman dalam Konteks Bencana Alam dan Bencana Sosial (Jakarta: BPK Gunung Mulya and Yayasan Oase Intim, 2019).

Written by Abel K. Aruan (November 16, 2024); Edited by Abel K. Aruan (January 12, 2025).