Proceedings of the First International Conference on Christian and Inter Religious Studies, ICCIRS 2019, December 11-14 2019, Manado, Indonesia

Research Article

Salvation for All Creation: The Meaning of the Atonement In Colossians 1: 15-23 from Mosehe’s Perspective and the Implication for Eco-Theology in the Protestant Church in Southeast Sulawesi

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.11-12-2019.2302097,
        author={Salmon  Pamantung},
        title={Salvation for All Creation: The Meaning of the Atonement In Colossians 1: 15-23 from Mosehe’s Perspective and the Implication for Eco-Theology in the Protestant Church in Southeast Sulawesi},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Christian and Inter Religious Studies, ICCIRS 2019, December 11-14 2019, Manado, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICCIRS},
        year={2020},
        month={11},
        keywords={eco-theology colossians mosehe gepsultra},
        doi={10.4108/eai.11-12-2019.2302097}
    }
    
  • Salmon Pamantung
    Year: 2020
    Salvation for All Creation: The Meaning of the Atonement In Colossians 1: 15-23 from Mosehe’s Perspective and the Implication for Eco-Theology in the Protestant Church in Southeast Sulawesi
    ICCIRS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.11-12-2019.2302097
Salmon Pamantung1,*
  • 1: Sekolah Tinggi Agama Kristen Negeri (STAKN) Toraja
*Contact email: spamantung@yahoo.com

Abstract

The Protestant Church in Southeast Sulawesi (GEPSULTRA) is placed by God in an area where the level of environmental damage is massive, due to mining activities by state-owned and multinational mining companies. But the Church is "silent" in that context. This attitude is strongly influenced by the soteriological view that places nature outside the work of salvation. GEPSULTRA must develop eco-theology/soteriology by using the local wisdom of the Tolaki people. What is the meaning of the atonement of Christ in Colossians 1: 15-23 from the perspective of the mosehe ceremony in Southeast Sulawesi? In the mosehe rite, the pattern of order is found as follows: metanoia (guilty of disharmony), catharsis (efforts towards harmony) and paripatia (creating harmony). With this pattern, reconciliation is understood as reconciliation which is not only personal reconciliation, but also includes cosmic reconciliation. God's redemption or reconciliation is reconciliation for all of creation and at the same time a re-creation of all creation.