Jaulung Wismar Saragih: A Simalungun Contextual Theology

This study explores the theological significance of Jaulung Wismar Saragih (1888-1968), the first-generation Christian, ordained pastor and theologian from the Simalungun ethnic group. He was also the first local person to translate the Bible into his local language in the Indonesian context. Saragi...

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Authors: Sipayung, Parulihan (Author) ; Kaunda, Chammah J. 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: International journal of Asian christianity
Year: 2023, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-183
Further subjects:B Reconstruction
B Simalungun contextual Theology
B Simalungun Protestant Christian Church (gkps)
B Asian Christianity
B Indonesia
B Jaulung Wismar Saragih
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Summary:This study explores the theological significance of Jaulung Wismar Saragih (1888-1968), the first-generation Christian, ordained pastor and theologian from the Simalungun ethnic group. He was also the first local person to translate the Bible into his local language in the Indonesian context. Saragih’s theological thinking foregrounded Indonesian postcolonial contextual theology regarding the identity and role of the church for social transformation in the context of religious pluralism and the struggle for gender justice, human freedom, and dignity. This study is an appreciative inquiry from a postcolonial theo-historical and biographical reconstruction of Saragih’s contextual theology and its public theological implications for contemporary Indonesia.
ISSN:2542-4246
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of Asian christianity
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/25424246-06020002