Yoshua Harahap

Pastor

Yoshua Budiman Harahap received his MTh from Jakarta Theological Seminary and ordained as a pastor at Christian Churches of Java, Indonesia. As a pastor-scholar, his focus intertwined between ecclesia, academia, and societa which challenge him to articulate and doing theology “here and now.” Constructive public theology, post-traumatic theology, sosio-pastoral theology, social theology, and religion and culture are some of his field. His publications include, “Liberatio Communio: The ecclesiological identity of Sadrach’s Javanese Community” International Bulletin of Mission Research 41.3 (July 2017) and “Mending the Memory? A Socio-Pastoral Approach to Re-experiencing the Peaceful Religion through Ruwatan” in Mending the World (Wipf and Stock, 2017). He also actively engaged in interreligious dialogue in the Interfaith Youth Dialogue (PELITA) in South Tangerang, Banten and served as the Head of “Kabar Baik” Institute of Research and Development (LPPKB), a non-profit R&D institution focused on dialectical relation between church mission and Indonesia pluralistic society, especially around Jakarta, Bekasi, Depok, Bogor, and Banten.