Proceedings of the First International Conference on Democracy and Social Transformation, ICON-DEMOST 2021, September 15, 2021, Semarang, Indonesia

Research Article

New Koinonia Epistemology in the Digital-Based Christian Theology

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.15-9-2021.2315589,
        author={Sonny Eli Zaluchu},
        title={New Koinonia Epistemology in the Digital-Based Christian Theology},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Democracy and Social Transformation, ICON-DEMOST 2021, September 15, 2021, Semarang, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICON-DEMOST},
        year={2022},
        month={2},
        keywords={koinonia; fellowship; internet of things; christian theology; digitalization},
        doi={10.4108/eai.15-9-2021.2315589}
    }
    
  • Sonny Eli Zaluchu
    Year: 2022
    New Koinonia Epistemology in the Digital-Based Christian Theology
    ICON-DEMOST
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.15-9-2021.2315589
Sonny Eli Zaluchu1,*
  • 1: Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Baptis Indonesia Semarang
*Contact email: sonnyzaluchu@stbi.ac.id

Abstract

Koinonia is a concept explaining communion or fellowship in the theology of Christian. After the era of the Internet of Things, the communion pattern has shifted from a direct relationship involving physical presence to an indirect relationship where the internet and all of its products exist among humans. Therefore, it is necessary to build a new conception of digital koinonia. This paper aims to explain the digital koinonia concept and the reasons behind its presence contemporarily. This writing uses library studies and concludes that digital koinonia with its characteristics following the logic of media and the internet is a new epistemology demanding theological reconstruction.