Transformation of the Values of Agape Love as a Learning Agent for Moral Change in the Context of Theology Student
The objective of this study was to examine the parallels between the Agape Love and moral change in theological students. The findings imply that transformation of the values of Agape Love as a learning agent for moral change in the context of theological students should aim to bring about God’s Kingdom’s reconciliation. Contextualising learning agent content into students’ circumstances and backgrounds involves shifting from a Christian moral and character to the theological students. The goal of Agape Love is to completely change students’ lives, including their cognitive, emotional, and behavioural aspects. Dialectics, cooperative learning, and inquiry-based learning are all incorporated into the learning approach in theological students. This research aims to answer several questions: What are the values of Agape Love as a learning agent for moral change in theology students? This literature research method provides answers: (1) Agape Love is a source of Christian moral values; (2) the moral value of  Agape Love based on 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 is a lifestyle that students of theology can apply as service to God: not easily giving up in facing life’s problems, but strengthening personal relationships with God and fellow students as well as all lecturers and staff as co-workers in school of theology; (3) the strategy of applying the values of Agape Love, doing-learning Agape Love, learning as an agent of moral change, and learning modelling for it to become an exemplary individual characteristic in theological students.
Authors
- GP Harianto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9526-3863)
- Urbanus Sukri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7827-7670)
- Victoria Woen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9110-8093)
- Ester Widiyaningtyas
- David Ming (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9649-1622)
- Desire Karo Karo
Publication Details
- Journal
- Caritas et Veritas
- Published
- 2024-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.32725/cetv.2024.010
- Primary Topic
- Education and Character Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00