Tinjauan terhadap Interaksi Kristen-Islam di Dusun Butuh Kidul berdasarkan Teori Dialog Antar Agama Harold Netland dan Paul Knitter

Abstract

Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan interaksi Kristen-Islam di Butuh Kidul berdasarkan Teori Dialog Antar Agama Harold Netland dan Paul Knitter. Teori Netland maupun Knitter akan menolong mengungkapkan motif dasar umat Kristen dalam berinteraksi dengan umat Islam. Kemudian teori Knitter juga membantu menganalisis pengkategorian yang selaras dengan pemahaman serta sikap umat Kristen dalam interaksi bersama umat Islam di Butuh Kidul. Analisis kedua teori ini akan menjawab sasaran penelitian tentang sejauhmana keselarasan antara realita interaksi Kristen-Islam yang tampak dengan penghayatan mengenai misi serta dialog dan pemahaman umat Kristen di Butuh Kidul terhadap realita perbedaan agama. Penulis menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif, dengan teknik pengumpulan data berupa wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Melalui penelitian ini ditemukan bahwa umat Kristen mengakui adanya kebaikan dalam ajaran Islam. Namun mengenai kebenaran dan keselamatan, umat Kristen meyakini kebenaran dan keselamatan hanya ada dalam kekristenan juga keimanan kepada Yesus Kristus, satu-satunya Tuhan dan Juruselamat. Umat Kristen terus menjaga urgensi misi dalam artian proklamasi iman kepada Yesus Kristus. Adapun dialog dipandang sebagai sarana efektif untuk memberitakan injil, agar orang beriman pada Yesus, hidup seturut teladan ajaran-Nya, termasuk mengalami baptisan, sekalipun tetap tanpa paksaan. Pada akhirnya, umat Kristen di Butuh Kidul tergolong dalam model penggantian parsial. Namun, umat Kristen tetap memiliki ketulusan dalam berinteraksi melalui sikap hidup, tradisi, kegiatan sosial, sekaligus tulus berdialog, membangun kerukunan. Dengan demikian, antara realita interaksi umat Kristen terhadap umat Islam dengan penghayatan iman mengenai urgensi misi dan dialog, serta pemahaman umat Kristen di Butuh Kidul tentang realita perbedaan agama, dapat dikatakan tetap memiliki keselarasan meskipun tidak utuh.

This paper aims to describe Christian-Muslim interaction in Butuh Kidul based on Harold Netland and Paul Knitter's Interfaith Dialogue Theory. Both Netland's and Knitter's theories will help reveal the basic motives of Christians in interacting with Muslims. Then Knitter's theory also helps analyze categorizations that are in line with the understanding and attitudes of Christians in interacting with Muslims in Butuh Kidul. The analysis of these two theories will answer the research target of how far the harmony between the apparent reality of Christian-Muslim interaction with appreciation of the mission and dialogue and understanding of Christians in Butuh Kidul towards the reality of religious differences. The author uses a descriptive qualitative approach, with data collection techniques in the form of interviews, observation, and documentation. Through this research, it was found that Christians recognize the existence of goodness in the teachings of Islam. However, regarding truth and salvation, Christians believe that truth and salvation only exist in Christianity as well as faith in Jesus Christ, the only Lord and Savior. Christians continue to maintain the urgency of mission in the sense of proclaiming faith in Jesus Christ. As for dialog, it is seen as an effective means of preaching the gospel, so that people believe in Jesus, live according to the example of His teachings, including experiencing baptism, even though it remains without coercion. In the end, Christians in Butuh Kidul belong to the partial replacement model. However, Christians still have sincerity in interacting through life attitudes, traditions, social activities, as well as sincere dialogue, building harmony. Thus, between the reality of Christian interactions with Muslims and the appreciation of faith regarding the urgency of mission and dialogue, as well as the understanding of Christians in Butuh Kidul about the reality of religious differences, it can be said that they still have harmony, although not intact