SIMUL JUSTUS ET PECCATOR SEBAGAI KRITIK TEOLOGI REFORMASI TERHADAP SPIRITUALITAS PERFORMATIF DALAM KEKRISTENAN DIGITAL

Mozes Lawalata; Rachel Nadine  Tapilaha

doi:10.54793/teologi-dan-kependidikan.v12i1.405

Mozes Lawalata Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Injili Arastamar (SETIA) Jakarta, Indonesia
Rachel Nadine Tapilaha Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana, Salatiga, Indonesia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54793/teologi-dan-kependidikan.v12i1.405

Keywords: Digital Christianity, Justification and Sanctification, Performative Spirituality, Reformation Theologogy, Simul Justus Et Peccator

Abstract

Perkembangan media digital telah membentuk ulang spiritualitas Kristen kontemporer, khususnya dalam cara iman direpresentasikan di ruang publik. Kajian-kajian yang ada tentang Kekristenan digital sejauh ini lebih banyak menekankan dimensi sosiologis dan media, sementara refleksi teologis normatif terhadap asumsi-asumsi soteriologis yang menopangnya masih relatif terbatas. Artikel ini berargumen bahwa menguatnya spiritualitas performatif dalam Kekristenan digital mencerminkan kebingungan teologis yang mendasar antara justifikasi dan sanctifikasi. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif teologis–hermeneutis melalui desain kajian konseptual-kritis berbasis literatur, penelitian ini memperlakukan praktik Kekristenan digital sebagai locus theologicus. Melalui keterlibatan kritis dengan wacana spiritualitas digital, analisis ini menafsirkan ulang praktik-praktik tersebut dalam terang doktrin simul justus et peccator dan theologia crucis dari Martin Luther. Artikel ini menegaskan kembali pembenaran sebagai tindakan forensik yang bersifat definitif dan berakar pada kebenaran Kristus yang diimputasikan, sementara pengudusan dipahami sebagai karya Roh Kudus yang bersifat progresif dan belum selesai. Kesimpulannya, spiritualitas performatif dalam konteks digital cenderung beroperasi dalam logika theologia gloriae yang secara halus melegitimasi iman melalui performa moral. Sebagai kontribusi teoretis, kajian ini menawarkan kerangka teologis Reformasi untuk membentuk spiritualitas Kristen digital yang berakar pada anugerah, kejujuran teologis, dan tanggung jawab pastoral.

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