Harapan Eskatologis dan Ekologi Integral: Jürgen Moltmann dalam Dialog dengan Laudato Si'

Herman Punda Panda

doi:10.30648/dun.v11i1.2147

Harapan Eskatologis dan Ekologi Integral: Jürgen Moltmann dalam Dialog dengan Laudato Si'

Herman Punda Panda

Abstract

Abstract. This article aims to construct a critical and constructive theological dialogue between Jürgen Moltmann’s eschatological-pneumatological theology and Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’ (2015) in order to articulate a robust foundation for Christian ecological hope. Employing a qualitative theological method based on close textual and conceptual analysis of Moltmann’s major works (Theology of Hope, God in Creation, and The Spirit of Life) and selected doctrinal sections of Laudato Si’, this study identifies convergences and tensions within their respective theological frameworks. The analysis highlights three principal convergences: (1) a relational ontology of creation that resists technocratic domination; (2) a pneumatological vision of the Spirit as the source of life, communion, and resistance to ecological destruction; and (3) an understanding of hope as intrinsically ethical, political, and ecclesial. The study argues that reading Moltmann and Laudato Si’ dialogically enables the development of an eschatologically grounded integral ecology in which ecological praxis becomes anticipatory participation in the Spirit’s renewal of creation.

Abstrak. Artikel ini bertujuan membangun dialog teologis yang kritis dan konstruktif antara teologi eskatologis-pneumatologis Jürgen Moltmann dan ensiklik Fransiskus Laudato Si’ (2015) guna merumuskan dasar teologis yang kokoh bagi harapan ekologis Kristen. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif berbasis studi pustaka dengan analisis tekstual dan konseptual yang cermat terhadap karya-karya utama Moltmann—Theology of Hope, God in Creation, dan The Spirit of Life—serta bagian-bagian doktrinal kunci dalam Laudato Si’. Analisis tersebut mengidentifikasi tiga titik konvergensi utama: (1) ontologi relasional ciptaan yang menolak dominasi teknokratis; (2) visi pneumatologis tentang Roh sebagai sumber kehidupan, persekutuan, dan perlawanan terhadap perusakan ekologis; dan (3) pemahaman tentang harapan sebagai kategori teologis yang bersifat etis, politis, dan gerejawi. Studi ini berargumentasi bahwa pembacaan dialogis antara Moltmann dan Laudato Si’ memungkinkan pengembangan ekologi integral yang berakar pada eskatologi, di mana praksis ekologis dipahami sebagai partisipasi antisipatif dalam pembaruan ciptaan oleh Roh.

Keywords

ecotheology; ekoteologi; participation; partisipasi; pembaruan ciptaan; pneumatologi; pneumatology; renewal of creation; transformasi; transformation

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30648/dun.v11i1.2147