Yahudi dalam Zionisme dan Israel
This paper traces theJudaism teachings as basic of Jewis movements. The Judaism has two meaning as its identity. Firstly, Judaism is a religion. Secondly, it is an ethnic or nation. According to Jacob Neusner, Judaism is a religion that Scripture’s account of Israel as holy people whose life encompasses the experience of exile and return. In this paper, author tried to explore three streams of the Jewish religion movements-- i.e. Reformers, Conservatives, and Orthodoxs-- which influenced the Jewish emancipation’s Europe in 19th century untill Holocaust tragedy on the Second World War. Zionism has raised as a respond to political crissis which fallen to emancipate the Jewish people from the oppressed as long as diaspora periode in Europe. Its purpose created the homeland for Israel when Jewish people returned from diaspora.
The Crisis of Modernity and Religious Revivalism: A Comparative Study of Islamic Fundamentalism, Jewish Fundamentalism and Liberation Theology
While the literature on specific case studies of Islam, Judaism and Christianity has grown steadily in the past three decades, attempts at comparisons and contrasts have remained sparse and scattered. The author proposes to undertake a comparative study of these three religio-political movements. More specifically, he intends to grapple with the following issues. First, what are the roots of these revivalist movements? Are they revolts against modernity and its dislocations as some have suggested or are they movements of community building in the face of fragmentation of postmodern society? Or a confluence of the two? Second, what are the historical and political antecedents for the appeal of these movements? More specifically, what message do they communicate to the faithful and what material and spiritual remedies do they provide for their needs? Third, are there any patterns to be discerned for theory construction? What are the grounds for comparisons and contrasts? What are the commonalities and the differences?
Assessing the Impacts of Liberation Theology in Latin America
This article examines the nature and impact of liberation theology in Latin America and considers prospects for the future. Liberation theology's fundamental ideas are explored, and the reasons for its emergence and appeal are considered in detail. As a system of ideas, liberation theology first appears during a period of great social change, ecclesiological debate, and political upheaval. The convergence of these elements helps explain the theology's appeal within the churches, makes sense of its characteristically activist identification with the poor, and helps account for the popular appeal of the new organizational structures it has inspired. These convergences also suggest possible constraints and the long-term political impact of this theology. Throughout the article I argue that analysis of impacts must go beyond the ideas of liberation theology to ask how and why such ideas are received and acted upon in concrete settings.