Perbandingan ajaran Serat Jatimurti dan pandangan Kristen ...

The study is a textual interpretation of Serat Jatimurti, a Javanese mystical folk religion literature by mainly using CMT (cognitive metaphor theory). The result shows that this text hid its main teaching in its forms which are multi-metaphors and abstractly unexplained terms. The teaching is basically on realities and human nature which are dialectically pessimistic and optimistic. Compared to Christian views on the topics, there are similarities yet, substantially the concept of sin and grace is absent in Serat Jatimurti. The results pose a question: can spirituality of the Christians be conveyed effectively through metaphors and dialectical patterns of thought such as used by Serat Jatimurti without losing its core but instead be mutually enriched?