Maano dalam Merawat Kehidupan Masyarakat Negeri Rutong: Teologi Kontekstual Berbasis Stephen B. Bevans dan Aholiab Watloly

Maano in the Negeri Rutong is a legacy of ancestors who have perpetuated harmonious social relations within the society. Maano contributes to the integration of society in Maluku and Indonesia, but has not been constructed theologically. The aim of this study is to construct maano as local contextual theology. By using qualitative research method, as well as data collection techniques, namely: observation, interviews and literature studies, this study describes and analyzes maano with the concept of island society in Maluku from Aholiab Watloly, also dialogues it with the concept of contextual theology according to Stephen B. Bevans. The findings of this research are: (1) maano is a practice of sharing the harvest in the Negeri Rutong; (2) maano contains values of harmony that maintain social relations in the Negeri Rutong; and (3) theologically maano is a way of believing that maintains communal life. This article is expected to enrich the contextual study based on local wisdom of maano in the Negeri Rutong, that has implication for the unity of society of Maluku and Indonesia.