Open AccessBom Surabaya 2018: Terorisme dan Kekerasan Atas Nama Agama
Author(s) -
August Corneles Tamawiwy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
gema teologika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2502-7751
pISSN - 2502-7743
DOI - 10.21460/gema.2019.42.443
Subject(s) - terrorism , ideology , politics , interpretation (philosophy) , political science , criminology , sociology , law , philosophy , linguistics
The socio-political analysis of the acts of terrorism has produced phrases such as “terrorism/terrorist has no religion”. Such expressions overlook ethical-theological approaches in analyzing the acts of terrorism. This article aims to show that without an ethical-theological analysis, the socio-political interpretation of acts of terrorism is inadequate because of very strong theological elements that influence the person or group of people committing such acts of terror. Studying the case of the Surabaya Bombing in May 2018, this articledemonstrates that socio-political ideology is not strong enough to make a person or group of people to carry out acts of terrorism unless they are based on theologically informed belief.