SUMBANGAN ETIKA GLOBAL HANS KÜNG DEMI TERWUJUDNYA PERDAMAIAN DAN RELEVANSINYA BAGI INDONESIA

This article is aimed at introducing Hans Küng's global ethic and its contributions to world peace. Various crises which have hit and are hitting the world motivated Küng to again struggle to bring peace about and to establish a new, better life order. By a global ethic – a basic consensus on binding values, noncancellable criteria, and basic attitudes which are affirmed by all religions, although dogmatically they are different, and which can actually be given by non-believers – Küng emphasizes important roles of religions without disregarding non-religious communities, which are principally present to bring peace about as the main characteristic of their teachings. Specifically, Küng's opinion is relevant in an effort to bring peace about in Indonesia, which is very plural. Realizing that threats against peace and plurality in Indonesia often come and result from interreligious conflicts, a dialogue is absolutely necessary. As a concrete form of a global ethic, Küng suggests a critical dialogue. Representatives of the religions in Indonesia need to step forward and sit together in a give-and-take dialogue which introduces the special aspect and main direction of each of the religions. Followers' steadfastness in the principles and seriousness in following the religions are two main keys to a critical dialogue, which can penetrate the foundation of each religion with all of its consequences.