Ing Ngarsa Sung Tuladha, Ing Madya Mbangun Karsa, Tut Wuri Handayani: Methods of Javanese Local Wisdom Used in Christian Religious Education

Abstract

Method is very important in education, and in particularly Christian religious education. Methods are used in every work to produce something. It can be from any kind of culture and civilization. This research will concentrate on methods practiced in Javanese society, and in Christian traditions, namely The Old Testament and The New Testament. Methods practiced in the culture of Javanese and in the Bible are basically the same. Both sources give variety of methods which can be mixed or support one another. These methods are used in different context so the form might be different in accordance with the context of education. The research will be on the method of teaching in Javanese society in Indonesia and the teaching methods in the Bible, i.e. from the beginning of the existence of humankind and the ancestor of Israel and the prophets of Israel in the Old Testament, and in the New Testament as applied by Jesus and Paul. On how this research in done, the researcher or the writer study on the methods used in Javanese society namely ing ngarsa sung tuladha, ing madya mbangun karsa and tutwurihandayani. This research pursue to study the methods used in religious education in the Bible. Here, the research will study the available and relevant materials. This research produce a theses that methods as local wisdom in Javanese society are similar to methods used in the Bible. They can be used in modern time and will be useful if it is used in the right way.