
| Pengarang | : | - |
| Nama Majalah/Jurnal | : | Diskursus |
| Volume / Edisi | : | 21 (No. 1) |
| Halaman | : | 98-120 |
| Abstrak | : | The truth of man’s existence consists in the ontological fact that human person is a relational being. Karl Rahner (1904-1984) formulates this relationality by articulating “The Hearer of the Message” as the essence of human existence. What Rahner wants to show is that human being cannot be comprehended correctly outside his transcendental relationship with God and with his neighbors. The aim of the following article is to elaborate the questions of who we are and what we are to do as “The Hearer of the Message”. Within Rahner’s thought of the human person, Christian morality can be understood primarily as an existential mode of living, rather than as a system of doctrines. |
| Pengarang | : | Firmansyah, Antonius |
| Nama Majalah/Jurnal | : | Diskursus |
| Volume / Edisi | : | 21 (No. 1) |
| Halaman | : | 73-97 |
| Abstrak | : | This paper investigates the extent to which the application of Ricoeur's hermeneutics according to Joyce Ann Zimmerman can be a method for Liturgical Theology to understand the process of communication of faith during the Liturgy for the Church in the postmodern era. With the need to deepen the interdisciplinary dialogue between liturgy and other branches of science, this paper aims to delineate the point of convergence between Liturgical Theology and hermeneutics to create a more relevant application for Christians today. For this purpose, the methodology used in this paper is a literature study to dialogue Zimmerman’s thoughts with other thinkers focusing on the application of hermeneutics in Liturgical Theology. This paper finds that the application of Ricoeur’s hermeneutics according to Zimmerman can map the linguistic dynamics of liturgical celebrations to enable the transformation of the entire narrative of their life experiences into a narrative of faith. Nevertheless, this method needs to be complemented by the hermeneutics of real dialogical actions with the mystery of God action as a trigger for a deeper transformation of mystical experience in the liturgy towards social ethics. |
| Pengarang | : | Petrus Tan |
| Nama Majalah/Jurnal | : | Diskursus |
| Volume / Edisi | : | 21 (No. 1) |
| Halaman | : | 42-72 |
| Abstrak | : | Under the influence of unencumbered-self anthropology of liberalism, the role of community in forming individual identity in modern society is declining. Michael Sandel proposes a fundamental criticism of liberalism anthropology as the trigger for the tyranny of meritocracy, solidarity crisis, and social polarization in various democratic countries today. This research aims to analyze further the reimagination of identity in contemporary society using Sandel’s thoughts on the multiply-situated self and the role of community. The research uses a qualitative approach, namely a literature review and content analysis. This research indicates that each individual can realize freedom only in a community with shared values ??and projects of the common good. As a formative project, the common good is impossible to achieve through solitary reflection but rather through shared ethical reasoning and involvement within a community. The research concludes that multiply-situated self and community are the two elements of moral foundation in building a culture of cooperation and solidarity in democratic and plural society. |
| Pengarang | : | Patrick, Arokiaraj Joseph |
| Nama Majalah/Jurnal | : | Diskursus |
| Volume / Edisi | : | 21 (No. 1) |
| Halaman | : | 22-41 |
| Abstrak | : | This article shows how Emmanuel Levinas’s ethical philosophy departs from traditional Western metaphysics by rooting moral responsibility in the embodied encounter between corporeal subjects. Embodiment is key for both the ethical subject and the Other, with ethical consciousness arising from shared corporeal vulnerability. For Levinas, ethical obligation emerges in concrete, physical encounters with the Other, rather than abstract principles. Ethical responsibility arises in the face-to-face encounter with the embodied Other, where vulnerability and need are revealed. Ethical response involves embodied acts of goodness and substitution, where the subject takes on the suffering and needs of the Other. By orienting itself toward the Other, the being can break free from self-centeredness and the dangers of the ‘there is’, establishing its identity outside itself and experiencing liberation. Ultimately, Levinas's ethics demands a shift from abstract moral reasoning to an embodied, practical response to the Other's call, unfolding in the immediacy of human encounters and grounded in the corporeal reality of our existence. |
| Pengarang | : | Magnis-Suseno, Frans |
| Nama Majalah/Jurnal | : | Diskursus |
| Volume / Edisi | : | 21 (No. 1) |
| Halaman | : | 1-21 |
| Abstrak | : | This article questions Einstein’s famous statement that God is just the expression of human weakness and that religion is nothing more than a primitive superstition. The author agrees that the develop ment of the universe should, indeed, be explained by laws of nature, without any recourse to God. It will be argued that Einstein’s explana tion has overlooked the fact that he cannot explain the belief in “The Beyond” itself. That people appeal to “The Beyond” to explain expe riences they cannot understand presupposes that they already believe that there is a “Beyond”. Where does this belief in “The Beyond” come from? Drawing on the thoughts of Emmanuel Levinas, the author will show that it is moral consciousness, conscience, that opens humans’ horizon to “The Beyond”. The article concludes by pointing to the fact that both the emergence of the universe and the development of life on earth are extremely improbable. This improbability, however, would disappear if the universe were created by God |
| Pengarang | : | Michael C. LoPresto |
| Nama Majalah/Jurnal | : | The Physics Teacher |
| Volume / Edisi | : | 62 (No. 7) |
| Halaman | : | 614-615 |
| Abstrak | : | A common first step when discussing the search for life beyond Earth is identifying the best places to look in our solar system. This usually includes Mars and several Jovian moons. A useful way to frame this discussion is around environments on Earth that are similar to environments on other solar system planets or moons. Such environments are often inhabited by extremophile lifeforms and are known simply as “analog environments. |
| Pengarang | : | Keith Zengel; Anna Klales |
| Nama Majalah/Jurnal | : | The Physics Teacher |
| Volume / Edisi | : | 62 (No. 7) |
| Halaman | : | 612-613 |
| Abstrak | : | Here is a simple experiment you can run remotely or in person with basic household items: making a bat signal. First, have your students cut out a bat shape from black construction paper, then have them hold the bat in front of a desk lamp aimed at the wall. This setup looks like what we see in the movies and comics, but it doesn’t work! Instead of a projected bat shadow surrounded by a circle of light, we only see a slightly dimmer light projected onto the wall. With a little Socratic prodding, you can get your students to explore the basic principles of geometric optics to make functioning pinhole, pinpoint, and thin-lens bat signals. |
| Pengarang | : | Carlos Daniel Frazão; Wellington dos Santos Souza |
| Nama Majalah/Jurnal | : | The Physics Teacher |
| Volume / Edisi | : | 62 (No. 7) |
| Halaman | : | 610-611 |
| Abstrak | : | Technological advancement has brought forth a wide range of accessible and innovative tools that can be integrated into the teaching of physics, making it more dynamic and interactive. In this context, smartphones emerge as versatile and powerful devices capable of performing a variety of tasks and precise measurements.1–3 This article addresses a didactic proposal that uses smartphones to determine optical characteristics of acrylic plates, exploring the relationship between fundamental concepts of optics and the technology present in students’ daily lives. |
| Pengarang | : | Stephen W. Hughes |
| Nama Majalah/Jurnal | : | The Physics Teacher |
| Volume / Edisi | : | 62 (No. 7) |
| Halaman | : | 606-608 |
| Abstrak | : | Earth’s axis of rotation is oriented at 23.4° to the ecliptic, which is the plane of the orbit of Earth around the Sun. While Earth orbits the Sun in approximately circular translation, the orientation of the axis of rotation of Earth is essentially constant throughout the year, with only a very small change due to the precession of the equinoxes. The constant orientation of Earth’s rotation axis relative to the plane of Earth’s orbit gives rise to the seasons. This paper describes a practical idea for teaching students about the constancy of the inclination of Earth’s axis and its importance in relation to the seasons. |
| Pengarang | : | Yu Jin Ahn; Hee Ra Kim; Yu Chen; Ah Reum Yang; Jung Bog Kim |
| Nama Majalah/Jurnal | : | The Physics Teacher |
| Volume / Edisi | : | 62 (No. 7) |
| Halaman | : | 604-605 |
| Abstrak | : | Here we present experimental results that can be easily confirmed by inserting an acrylic plate to see the relative changes in the mass density and refractive index when the concentration of sugar water is changed. This is because sugar can dissolve in water almost indefinitely.1 When sugar is melted in water and placed in a large container for a long time, the density continuously changes according to the height due to the effect of gravity, and the refractive index continuously increases with height, so the light appears to bend like a bow.2,3 As demonstrated by this phenomenon, the refractive index of sugar water can be changed by adjusting the amount of sugar dissolved in water. |