Open AccessPenunggang Kuda Putih Itu Adalah Ida Sang Hyang Yesus Kristus, Sang Awatara
Author(s) -
I Gede Supradnyana
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indonesian journal of theology (e-journal)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2339-0751
DOI - 10.46567/ijt.v3i1.65
Subject(s) - revelation , righteousness , interpretation (philosophy) , phenomenon , dharma , perspective (graphical) , heaven , aesthetics , philosophy , environmental ethics , literature , history , religious studies , sociology , art , theology , epistemology , buddhism , visual arts , linguistics
In this essay, I present an understanding of Jesus from the perspective of Balinese Christians in Central Sulawesi. As an example of a reader-response method, Revelation 19:11-21 has been historically read there in light of a Balinese worldview. Such readings meet with the Balinese interpretation of the white-horse rider (Jesus) as the awatara (avatar) that will come again to fight evil (adharma) and to establish righteousness (dharma) on earth. Insights to be culled from such work include increased awareness of our ecological plight, as well as heightened urgency to address both the moral decline of society and the contemporary phenomenon of indifference toward religion.