Developing christian education by utilizing the conceptions of pluralist-multicultural value

Abstract

Christian-pluralist-multicultural education is a practice (applied) of theoretical studies that are textual (consist of ideals) of the scriptures, normative theological, pedagogical, philosophical, and the values of local cultural wisdom into Christian Education practices. The purpose of this research is to develop a pluralist-multicultural Christian education in the pluralistic context of North Maluku. To achieve the objective, this research uses qualitative research methods with data collection techniques of participatory observation, in-depth interviews, document studies, and focus group discussions. The subjects in this research are religious leaders who are members of the North Maluku religious community forum (FKUB) and educators who are determined using purpose sampling technique. Data and research findings were analyzed using interactive data analysis techniques to obtain the true meaning. The results of this study found out a conception of a pluarist-multicultural in Christian education in the context of education in North Maluku. There are several themes of research findings from the results of critical dialogue between facts and theory, namely (1) the vision and mission of developing Christian education in pluralist-multicultural perspective; (2) the aims of Christian education in pluralist-multicultural perspective; (3) the elaboration of the objectives of Christian education in pluralist-multicultural perspective; (4) the content of Christian education in pluralist-multicultural perspective; (5) the characteristics of the content of Christian education in pluralist-multicultural perspective; (6) Christian education learning methods in pluralist-multicultural perspective.