PUASA SEBAGAI INSTRUMEN MODERASI BERAGAMA DALAM PERJUMPAAN ISLAM DAN KRISTEN DI INDONESIA Fasting as an Instrument of Religious Moderation in Muslim Christian Encounters in Indonesia Section Articles

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Hendi Rusli
Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Cipanas
Ebenhaizer I. Nuban Timo
Universitas Kristen Artha Wacana Kupang

Abstract

Abstract
This article examines how fasting can strengthen religious moderation in Muslim-Christian
encounters in Indonesia. It is situated in Indonesia’s plural public sphere and the close temporal
proximity of Ramadan and Ash Wednesday in 2025–2026. Using a qualitative-descriptive library
study, qualitative content analysis, and a comparative-hermeneutical approach, the study analyzes
the Qur’an, the Bible, Ministry of Religious Affairs documents, Christian liturgical sources, church
publications, and relevant scholarly literature. Previous studies have examined Ramadan fasting,
Christian fasting, Ash Wednesday, and popular Ramadan practices separately, but have rarely
explained fasting as an embodied ethical practice that can form moderate dispositions in Indonesian
Muslim-Christian encounters. The study finds that Islamic and Christian fasting differ in legal status,
ritual form, communal rhythm, and liturgical context, yet converge in self-restraint, repentance,
purification, social solidarity, disciplined speech, and the restoration of relationships with God and
others. By disciplining desire and speech while directing attention to vulnerable people, fasting can
translate personal piety into habits of empathy, nonviolent communication, and social solidarity.
Therefore, fasting has not only individual-spiritual meaning but also a social function as a formative
practice that strengthens religious moderation.


 


Abstrak
Artikel ini menganalisis bagaimana ibadah puasa dapat memperkuat moderasi beragama dalam
perjumpaan Islam dan Kristen di Indonesia. Kajian ini berangkat dari konteks ruang publik
Indonesia yang plural serta kedekatan waktu Ramadan dan Rabu Abu pada 2025–2026.
Penelitian menggunakan metode kualitatif-deskriptif berbasis studi pustaka, analisis isi kualitatif,
dan pendekatan komparatif-hermeneutik terhadap al-Qur’an, Alkitab, dokumen Kementerian
Agama, sumber liturgis Kristen, publikasi gerejawi, dan literatur akademik terkait. Penelitian
terdahulu telah membahas puasa Ramadan, puasa Kristen, Rabu Abu, dan praktik populer
Ramadan secara terpisah, tetapi belum banyak menjelaskan puasa sebagai praksis etis yang
menubuh dan membentuk disposisi moderat dalam perjumpaan Islam-Kristen di Indonesia. Hasil
penelitian menunjukkan bahwa puasa Islam dan Kristen berbeda dalam status hukum, bentuk
ritus, ritme komunal, dan konteks liturgis, tetapi bertemu pada nilai pengendalian diri,
pertobatan, pemurnian jiwa, solidaritas sosial, disiplin berbahasa, serta pemulihan relasi dengan
Allah dan sesama. Melalui disiplin terhadap hasrat dan ucapan serta perhatian kepada kelompok rentan, puasa dapat menerjemahkan kesalehan personal menjadi kebiasaan empatik, komunikasi nir-kekerasan, dan solidaritas sosial. Dengan demikian, puasa memiliki makna spiritual-individual sekaligus fungsi sosial sebagai praksis formatif yang memperkuat moderasi beragama.

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Rusli, Hendi, and Ebenhaizer I. Nuban Timo. 2026. “PUASA SEBAGAI INSTRUMEN MODERASI BERAGAMA DALAM PERJUMPAAN ISLAM DAN KRISTEN DI INDONESIA: Fasting As an Instrument of Religious Moderation in Muslim Christian Encounters in Indonesia”. RERUM: Journal of Biblical Practice 6 (2). https://doi.org/10.55076/rerum.v6i2.653.

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