Kepemimpinan yang Melihat Wajah: Etika Levinasian sebagai Paradigma Teologis bagi Pemimpin Gereja Indonesia dalam Menghadapi Ketidakadilan Gender dan Intoleransi di Ruang Digital
Leadership That Sees the Face: Levinasian Ethics as a Theological Paradigm for Indonesian Church Leaders in Facing Gender Injustice and Intolerance in Digital Space
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https://doi.org/10.47178/kinaa.v11.i2.1706Keywords:
etika Levinasian, kepemimpinan gereja, keadilan gender, intoleransi digital, konteks Indonesia, Levinasian ethics, church leadership, gender justice, digital intolerance, Indonesian contextAbstract
Gender injustice and religious intolerance remain persistent challenges in Indonesian society, and church leaders are increasingly called to respond prophetically within digital spaces. This article aims to construct a theological paradigm for Indonesian church leadership grounded in Emmanuel Levinas's ethics of the face. This study employs a critical literature review with a Levinasian ethical phenomenology approach, analyzing Levinas's texts, Galatians 3:28, and Indonesian literature on gender, patriarchy, and digital culture. The analysis proceeds through four steps of ethical hermeneutics: identification of the face, analysis of the ethical demand, critique of totalization, and construction of praxis. The findings indicate that Levinasian ethics—centered on the face of the Other, asymmetrical responsibility, and substitution—provides a robust theological foundation for leadership that prioritizes the vulnerable, resists patriarchal and intolerant structures, and engages digital spaces as sites of ethical encounter. The article concludes that "leadership that sees the face" is both a spiritual vocation and a moral imperative, requiring advocacy for gender justice, interfaith dialogue, and ethical digital engagement. The study's contribution is to offer a new methodological framework—Levinasian Ethical Hermeneutics—that integrates Levinasian philosophy, gender justice, and digital theology in the context of Indonesian church leadership.
Ketidakadilan gender dan intoleransi keagamaan tetap menjadi tantangan yang gigih di masyarakat Indonesia, dan para pemimpin gereja semakin dipanggil untuk merespons secara profetik di ruang digital. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk membangun paradigma teologis bagi kepemimpinan gereja Indonesia yang berlandaskan etika wajah Emmanuel Levinas. Penelitian ini menggunakan studi pustaka kritis dengan pendekatan fenomenologi etis Levinasian, yang menganalisis teks-teks Levinas, Galatia 3:28, dan literatur Indonesia tentang gender, patriarki, dan digital. Analisis dilakukan melalui empat langkah hermeneutik etis: identifikasi wajah, analisis tuntutan etis, kritik totalisasi, dan konstruksi praksis. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa etika Levinasian—yang berpusat pada wajah Yang Lain, tanggung jawab asimetris, dan substitusi—menyediakan fondasi teologis yang kokoh bagi kepemimpinan yang memprioritaskan yang rentan, menolak struktur patriarkal dan intoleran, serta melibatkan ruang digital sebagai tempat perjumpaan etis. Artikel ini menyimpulkan bahwa "kepemimpinan yang melihat wajah" adalah panggilan spiritual sekaligus imperatif moral yang menuntut advokasi keadilan gender, dialog antaragama, dan keterlibatan digital yang etis. Kontribusi studi ini adalah menawarkan kerangka metodologis baru—Hermeneutik Etis Levinasian—yang mengintegrasikan filsafat Levinas, keadilan gender, dan teologi digital dalam konteks kepemimpinan gereja Indonesia.
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