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“RELIGIOUS STUDIES” : DULU DAN KINI

Istilah agama berkaitan dengan sejarah kultural dan intelektual Barat, yang membawa mereka dalam diskusi-diskusi   tentang studi-studi keagamaan (religious studies) sebagai sebuah disiplin ilmu. Istilah “agama” sendiri berasal dari bahasa Latin yang berarti religio . Oleh Cicero, secara etimologi istilah ini terkait dengan kata relegere yang berarti “melacak kembali” atau membaca ulang. Maka, religio berkaitan dengan upaya melacak kembali adat ritual nenek moyang suatu kaum. Konsepnya sendiri berasal dari bangsa Romawi pagan yang menyamakan religio dengan traditio . Oleh karena itu, religio di sini mewakili ajaran-ajaran nenek moyang   yang tidak seharusnya dipertanyakan. Ciri khusus dari religio Romawi adalah toleransinya terhadap tradisi yang berbeda-beda. Namun kemudian, pandangan Cicero dikritik oleh penulis Kristen abad ke-13 bernama Lactantius bahwa religio berasal dari kata religere yang berarti mengikat kebersamaan atau berhubungan. Maka bagi Lactantius religi...

MY KIND OF PLACE TO ENJOY THE RETIREMENT

For people like us who work full-time for a whole week, we sometimes think about where and how we will spend our retirement age, right? Like anybody out there, I am just thinking about this lately. As I mentioned in my previous blog about the places I want to visit one day, I assumed you already know where I would like to stay later. Before I tell you where it is, I want to describe a little bit about the environment that matches my energy to live there.   From my background as a person who originated from a mountain area, it has become my favorite spot rather than beaches. Of course, I love to live in a coastal area too, but it is just not my cup of tea. Maybe it's because of the weather, I think, it’s very hot there. In a mountainous area, the weather is always very cool. Other than that, the green color of the grass and the beautiful mountain, lake, and river, look very clean and calm. Besides, most of this area is usually very quiet. As an introverted person, this type of pla...