Dr. Leonard Chrysostomos Epafras

Bachelor: Immanuel Christian University, Yogyakarta

Master: Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana, Yogyakarta

Doctor: Inter-Religious Studies/ICRS, UGM Graduate School, Yogyakarta

Full publication available at: https://leonardchrysostomosepafras.academia.edu

Forthcoming

"Reimagination of National Self: Cosmopatriotism and Religion in Borobudur and Baladeva Comics" in Pluralism in India and Indonesia: Diversity in Quest for Unity (New Delhi: Konark Publishers) (forthcoming).

“The Jewish Community in Indonesia and the Recent Emergence of a New Jewish Identity", with Rotem Kowner in Jewish Communities in Modern Asia: Their Rise, Demise and Resurgence (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) (forthcoming).

"Toward Indonesia 4.0: Envisaging a Virtual Stewardship Machine for the Marginal Religious Communities", in AI Ethics and Higher Education (Geneva: Globethics.net) (forthcoming).

“Reading the signs of the times: Christian Apocalypticism and the Conspiracy of the Covidians,” in Culture, Technology, and Social Transformation in the Quest for Human Dignity (Yogyakarta: UGM Graduate School) (forthcoming).

Covido Ergo Zoom: Membaca ‘Wajah’ Apofatik dalam Interaksi Zoom,” [Covido Ergo Zoom: Reading the Apopathic “Face” in Zoom Interaction] (forthcoming).

“Laut yang tak selalu biru: Teopoetika Pesisir/Litoral di hadapan Tehomopoten,” [Sea is not always Blue: The Littoral Theopoetics beforeTehomopotent] (forthcoming).

2022

2022: Co-Designing Sustainable, Just, and Smart Urban Living: A Monograph, 2019-2021, with Dicky Sofjan, Dwi Any Marsiyanti, Hendrikus Paulus Kaunang & Ida Fitri Astuti (Yogyakarta: ICRS in cooperation with Ford Foundation).

2020-2021

2021: "'Semua Pohon Berakar di Langit': Wacana Sufi Yahudi dan Sumbangsihnya bagi Dinamika Lintasiman", in Moch. Nur Ichwan & Ahmad Rafiq (eds.), Agama, Kemanusiaan dan Keadaban: 65 Tahun Prof. Dr. K.H. Machasin (Yogyakarta: SUKA Press), 190-233.
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5897222
link: https://bit.ly/3u6Zvda 

2021: “From Manga Bible to Messiah: A pop-culture exploration of the Indonesian Christian comics,” with Hendrikus Paulus Kaunang, International Journal of Interreligious and Intercultural Studies, vol.4,no. 2: 48-63.
doi: https://doi.org/10.32795/ijiis.v4.i2
link: https://bit.ly/3KTBfB4 

2021: “Catherine Keller: Melucuti yang Terucap. Menyingkap yang tak Bernama,” [Catherine Keller: Disarming the Spoken, Unveiling the Unnamed], in Rachmi Diyah Larasati and Ratna Noviani (eds.), Melintas Perbedaan: Suara Perempuan, Agensi, dan Politik Solidaritas, (Jakarta:Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia), 217-241.
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5340361 
link: https://bit.ly/3o640Rm

2021: “Kosmopatriotisme Digital: Tantangan dan Prospek PendidikanBerdimensi Kosmopolitanisme,” [Digital Cosmopatriotism: Its Challenges and the Prospect for Cosmopolitan Dimension of Education], Jurnal Bia’: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristen Kontekstual, vol. 4, no. 1: 19-36.
doi: https://doi.org/10.34307/b.v4i1.250 
link: https://bit.ly/3KV31NF

2021: “Transitional Religiosity: The Religion of Generation Z,” with Hendrikus Paulus Kaunang, Maksimilianus Jemali, Vania Sharleen Setyono, in Yusuf Durachman, Akmal Ruhana, and Ida Fitri Astuti (eds.), Religious Life, Ethics and Human Dignity in the Disruptive Era (3rd InternationalSymposium on Religious Life, EAI-Springer), 247-257.
doi: https://eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/eai.2-11-2020.2305063 
link: https://bit.ly/3H6QSTS

2021: “Women, Religion and COVID-19: Cohesive Agency, Resilience-Building and Inter-Spatial Performance,” with Ida Fitri Astuti, in Yusuf Durachman, Akmal Ruhana, and Ida Fitri Astuti (eds.), Religious Life, Ethics and Human Dignity in the Disruptive Era (3rd International Symposium on Religious Life, EAI-Springer), 1-9.
doi: https://eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/eai.2-11-2020.2305062 
link: https://bit.ly/3r6UsHF

2020: “The Construction of Nationhood in Minahasa, Indonesia,” with Vissia Ita Yulianto and Stevano Sumampouw in Social Analysis, vol. 18: 81-100.
doi: https://doi.org/10.53106/221866892020120018003 
link: https://bit.ly/3KRQbjb

2020: “Mahir Bahasa, Menyongsong Cakrawala Lintasbudaya,” [Language Mastery, Welcoming the Crosscultural Horizon] in Sapri Sale, Harishon:Kamus Indonesia Ibrani (Jakarta: MEDRAS), xvii-xxvi. 
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4273953 
link: https://bit.ly/3u7BRx3

2020: “Graduate Teaching in Indonesia as a means of Interreligious Engagement,” with Alan Brill, in The Journal of Interreligious Studies vol. 31, iss. 31: 4-20.
doi: https://10.5281/zenodo.4172680, 
link: https://bit.ly/3AHBqL7

2020: “Mengaktivasi Allah” [Activating God] in Leonard Chrysostomos Epafras (ed.), Mencari Kehadiran Allah: Sebuah Refleksi di Tengah Pandemi (Yogyakarta: Teras Gereja), ii-xii.
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4160901                                                                                             
link: https://bit.ly/35mgQo4

2020: “Pandemi Tak Kunjung Padam: Corona, Kon’ora dan Keramahan Organic” in Leonard Chrysostomos Epafras (ed.), Corona vs. KonOra: Refleksi Teologi Keramahan dalam Konteks Pandemi (Yogyakarta: Alaf), 1-27.
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4270495                                                         
link: https://bit.ly/3oshbLR

2020: “Jewish Minority in North Sulawesi: An Inquiry on Social Acceptance,” with Sekar Ayu Aryani, in International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, vol. 29, no. 4: 2488-2501.
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4279906                               
link: https://bit.ly/3u9zLNk

2020: “Vimâna's Gravity-Defying Airship: Non-places, Aeromobility and Environmental Concern in Baladeva Comics,” in I Ketut Ardhana, Dicky Sofjan, and Made Adi Widyatmika (eds.), Community, Ecology, and Religion: Interdisciplinary and Civic Engagement Towards Sustainable Living (Denpasar: UNHI Press), 280-284. 
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4194515       
link: https://bit.ly/3KRPgiJ

Inter-religious Studies, Religion Online, Christianity, Jewish Studies, and Popular Culture