Kuliah Intensif dan Seminar
bersama: Prof. James W. Skillen, Ph.D. di: Agape Chapel, Reformed Millenium Center of Indonesia (RMCI) Kemayoran Jln. Industri Raya Blok B14 Kav. 1, Kemayoran, Jakarta Pusat Kuliah Intensif-1: THEOLOGY AND SOCIAL THOUGHT (Kuliah hanya dalam bahasa Inggris) The course aims to introduce and evaluate the work of three modern Calvinists who have made a major contribution to the ongoing reformation of the church, state, society, theology, philosophy, and the sciences. Special attention will be given to the seemingly incompatible relationship between the “antithesis” (the Christian way of life and thought in opposition to non-Christian ways of life) and “common grace” (which makes possible what is common among all people in God’s one created world). Senin-Jumat, 8-12 November 2010: 8-11 Nov.: 08.00-14.00 WIB 12 Nov.: 08.00-12.00 WIB Kuliah Intensif-2: THEOLOGY OF WORK AND VOCATION (Kuliah hanya dalam bahasa Inggris) This course introduces a biblically grounded approach to human responsibility in God’s world, focusing particularly on questions of work, stewardship, and vocation. How does the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ relate to the earthly responsibilities of men and women created in the image of God who have fallen into sinful disobedience? Has human work been nullified? Some of the other questions we intend to address are these: Are creaturely (this-worldly) vocations on a different level than spiritual or “religious” vocations? Is human work any longer acceptable to God since humans have fallen into sin? Does Christ’s work have anything to do with our earthly vocations? What is the relation between each person’s particular talents and sense of calling, on the one hand, and the calling of God’s people to follow Christ as a community of disciples, on the other hand? Is there any sense in which our exercise of responsibilities in this world looks forward to fulfillment in the age to come? Senin-Jumat, 15-19 November 2010: 15-18 Nov.: 08.00-14.00 WIB 19 Nov.: 08.00-12.00 WIB Seminar: OUR EARTHLY LABORS – Economic, Social, and Political – ARE NOT IN VAIN (Inggris – Indonesia) The good news of Christianity is that Jesus Christ is reconciling the whole creation to God and saving sinners to serve as ministers of that reconciliation (II Cor. 5: 16-21). This means that God’s good creation, including all of our human responsibilities are being restored and fulfilled through Christ. Therefore, our labors in this world are exceedingly important. All of them – family and education, business and industry, social service and government – are of great value to the image of God and to God. This calls for our profound attention to, and engagement in, the affairs of our world today. Minggu, 14 November 2010; Pkl. 17.00-21.00 WIB Profil Pembicara: Prof. James W. Skillen, B.A., M.Div., M.A., Ph.D. adalah mantan presiden dari the Center for Public Justice (http://www.cpjustice.org). Beliau menyelesaikan studi Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) dalam bidang Filsafat dari Wheaton College; Master of Divinity (M.Div.) dari Westminster Theological Seminary; graduate studies dalam bidang Filsafat di the Free University of Amsterdam (di mana beliau mengikuti kelas kuliah dari Dr. Herman Dooyeweerd); Master of Arts (M.A.) dan Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) dalam bidang Political Science dari Duke University. Beliau banyak menulis buku di antaranya: The Prospects and Ambiguities of Globalization: Critical Assessment at a Time of Growing Turmoil (2009), With or Against the World?: America's Role Among the Nations (2005), In Pursuit of Justice: Christian-Democratic Explorations (2004), A Covenant to Keep: Meditations on the Biblical Theme of Justice (2000), The Scattered Voice: Christians at Odds in the Public Square (1990). Dr. Skillen menerima penghargaan Abraham Kuyper Prize in Reformed Theology and Public Life dari Princeton Theological Seminary pada tahun 2001. Beliau mewarisi tradisi neo-Calvinis melalui pemikiran dari Prof. Dr. Ds. Abraham Kuyper, Rev. Prof. Cornelius Van Til, Ph.D., dan Dr. Herman Dooyeweerd. Beliau membawa buku Kuyper Lectures on Calvinism (1898) ketika menjalani undergraduate studies dalam bidang Filsafat di awal tahun 1960an, belajar Van Til di Westminster Theological Seminary dari tahun 1966-1969, dan akhirnya beliau studi di Vrije Universiteit yang didirikan oleh Kuyper. Prof. Skillen wrote his doctoral dissertation on “The Development of Calvinistic Political Theory in the Netherlands” (1974), which focused on the work of Kuyper and Dooyeweerd. Informasi: INSTITUT REFORMED: (021) 6513815 “Mengenal kehendak Allah bukanlah proses menerima informasi langsung dari Allah tentang persoalan hidup, tetapi proses mengenali persoalan hidup berdasarkan wahyu yang telah diberikan Allah kepada kita.”(Rev. Prof. Gary T. Meadors, Th.D., Decision Making God’s Way, hlm. 185)
