Teologi Publik dan Pendidikan Agama Kristen K-12 di Indonesia: Suatu Eksplorasi Awal

Abstract

: Religion’s role is emerging in Indonesian public life today while public theology is discussed more in academic discussions in Indonesia. Hence, this article discusses the conversation between public theology and religious study, especially in a primary and secondary education context, where the dialogue between them rarely happens. Also, the urgency of this article is the phenomenon that theology is one of the aspects that influences the Indonesian public space. Hence, religious education must embrace public theology. The result of the research is three perspectives regarding the impact of public theology on primary and secondary education, the purpose of education, and also the imagination of a teacher. Based on public theology, a school is a space for the dissemination of knowledge for the vision of the common good. Then, the purpose of the education itself is to bring the students to understand public issues and can contribute something to the issue. Lastly, a teacher is a public intellectual that can bring his student to know the world. Hence, with these results, religious education also can be more explicitly involved in the issues of the public.