Gambar Allah yang Terluka: Refleksi Teologis Human Trafficking Bagi Gereja di Indonesia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46929/graciadeo.v8i1.281Keywords:
churches in Indonesia, image of God, perdagangan manusia, gambar Allah, gereja di IndonesiaAbstract
Human trafficking is a metamorphosis of slavery in the modern era. This human trafficking activity is conducted with violence, deception, and manipulates its target with enticing promises of reward, an actual form of controlling people's lives and forcefully seizing their dignity and freedom. The purpose of this study is to investigate the acts of human trafficking that corrupt the image of God before humans and to determine the theological reflection on God's image that is harmed by these acts. This research used qualitative descriptive and library research methods. The results of this study indicate that human trafficking is a distorted reflection of God’s image. This conclusion is based on the finding that the trafficking of humans is a crime against humanity because it controls the lives of others and eliminates their freedom. It is a legitimate form of structural injustice.
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Abstrak
Praktik perdagangan manusia merupakan metamorfisis dari perbudakan di era modern. Aktivitas perdagangan manusia ini dilakukan dengan cara kekerasan, penipuan dan manipulasi yang dapat menarik minat dari para korban. Ini merupakan bentuk nyata pengendalian atas hidup manusia serta penghilangan secara paksa martabat dan kebebasan manusia. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apa saja tindakan perdagangan manusia yang melukai gambar Allah pada manusia dan apa refleksi teologis dari gambar Allah yang terluka dari tindakan perdagangan manusia. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif deskriptif dan library research. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan perdagangan manusia merupakan cermin gambar Allah yang terluka. Kesimpulan ini didasarkan temuan bahwa perdagangan manusia adalah kejahatan kemanusiaan karena mengendalikan hidup orang lain, menghapus kebebasan orang lain, dan sebagai bentuk nyata ketidakadilan strukturan.
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