Model NOAH: Rekonstruksi Kesalehan Kristen dalam Budaya Media Sosial melalui Pembacaan Ulang Narasi Nuh dan Digital Theology

Ronal Riki Lego

Abstract


The rapid growth of social media has created a new cultural environment that significantly shapes identity formation, communication patterns, and religious practices in contemporary society. Within this context, Christians face the challenge of maintaining authentic piety amid a digital culture characterized by social validation, identity fragmentation, and algorithmic influence. This study aims to reconstruct Noah’s piety in Genesis 6–9 as a theological paradigm for Christian life in the age of social media through the lens of Heidi A. Campbell’s Digital Theology. Employing a qualitative library research approach, the study integrates biblical textual analysis with contemporary Digital Theology scholarship. The findings reveal that Noah’s piety was rooted in a consistent relationship with God, resulting in integrity, obedience, authentic identity, and transformative witness. The study further demonstrates that Christian piety in the digital age should not be defined primarily by visibility, popularity, or social influence, but by faithfulness to God in all forms of digital engagement. As its primary theoretical contribution, this research proposes the NOAH Model (Networked Integrity, Obedient Presence, Authentic Identity, and Holy Witness) as a paradigm for Christian piety in the digital era. This model integrates biblical theology, Digital Theology, digital ethics, and Christian discipleship into a unified conceptual framework for cultivating an authentic, critical, and transformative digital spirituality.


Keywords


Noah’s Piety, Digital Theology, Social Media, Digital Spirituality, Digital Identity,NOAH Model

Full Text:

PDF

References


Aduragba, Olanrewaju Tahir, Alexandra I. Cristea, Pete Phillips, Jonas Kurlberg, and Jialin Yu. “Religion and Spirituality on Social Media in the Aftermath of the Global Pandemic.” Preprint, Cornell University, 2022. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2212.11121.

Antonius, Martinus. “Peran Remaja Kristen Sebagai Garam Dan Terang Di Dunia Modern: Tinjauan Teologis Matius 5:13-16.” ICHTUS: Jurnal Teologi Dan Pendidikan Kristiani 6, no. 1 (2025): 27–37.

Ariff, Nor Zaina Zaharah Mohamad, Norliya Ahmad Kassim, Mohd. Shamsul Mohd. Shoid, and Kasmarini Baharuddin. “Ethics and Integrity in Social Media.” International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences 11, no. 5 (2021): 301–8. https://doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i5/9775.

Bingaman, Kirk A. “Religion in the Digital Age: An Irreversible Process.” Religions 14, no. 108 (2023): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14010108.

Boiliu, Esti Regina, Demsy Jura, and António Oliveira De Carvalho. “Reinterpreting Religion in the Digital Age: Theology, Ethics, and Christian Education.” Didache: Journal of Christian Education 6, no. 2 (2025): 219–42. https://doi.org/10.46445/djce.v6i2.1075.

Campbell, Heidi A. “Doing Theology in Digital Society: Towards a Digital, Networked Theology.” Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, vol. 802 (2023): 4–10. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-160-9_2.

Campbell, Heidi A., and Wendi Bellar. Digital Religion: The Basics. Routledge, 2023.

Campbell, Heidi A., and Stephen Garner. Networked Theology: Negotiating Faith in Digital Culture. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2016.

Campbell, Heidi A., and Ruth Tsuria, eds. Digital Religion. 2nd ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2022.

Creswell, John W., and J. David Creswell. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2018.

Daga, Rosnaini. Personal Branding: Bagaimana Mendefinisikan Diri Dan Membangun Citra Untuk Kehidupan Yang Lebih Baik. Indramayu: Adab Indonesia, 2025.

Hasibuan, Derlina Agustina. “Peran Remaja Kristen dalam Penggunaan Media Sosial.” REI MAI: Jurnal Ilmu Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristen 2, no. 1 (2024): 38–48. https://doi.org/10.69748/jrm.v2i1.109.

Hutagalung, Agustina, and Rencan Carisma Marbun. “Transformasi Gereja di Era Digital: Kajian Teologis Pra dan Pasca Internet.” Pengharapan : Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pemuridan Kristen dan Katolik 2, no. 2 (2025): 83–95. https://doi.org/10.61132/pengharapan.v2i2.1035.

Kambong, Hizkia Joel, Hermin Ranting, Ristan Rakim, and Julio Eleazer Nendissa. “Makna Teologis Bahtera Nuh Ditinjau dari Ibrani 11:7 Serta Relevansinya Terhadap Pertumbuhan Iman Pada Jemaat GESBA Shaloom Kaima.” Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan Kerusso 9, no. 2 (2024): 339–54. https://doi.org/10.33856/kerusso.v9i2.405.

Nainggolan, Marnaek, and Happy Fasigita Paradesha. “Teladan Spiritualitas Figur Nuh: Standar Kehidupan Rohani Bagi Pemimpin Kristen Masa Kini.” EDULEAD: Journal of Christian Education and Leadership 3, no. 2 (2022): 191–204. https://doi.org/10.47530/edulead.v3i2.107.

Nduru, Yohanes, Herbin Simanjuntak, and Rusdi Parsaulian. “Spiritualitas Otentik di Tengah Budaya Estetika Digital: Tantangan Pembentukan Iman dalam Era Visualisasi Sosial Media.” Pietas: Jurnal Studi Agama dan Lintas Budaya 3, no. 2 (2026): 146–60. https://doi.org/10.62282/pj.v3i2.146-160.

Oroh, Prayshe. “Keteladanan Nuh Sebagai Pendidik Kristen: Inspirasi Bagi Pemuda Gereja.” Jurnal Ilmiah Wahana Pendidikan 11, no. 3.C (2025): 191–96. https://jurnal.peneliti.net/index.php/JIWP/article/view/11476.

Pastor-Escuredo, David, and Ricardo Vinuesa. “Towards an Ethical Framework in the Complex Digital Era.” ArXiv, 2022, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2010.10028.

Phillips, Peter, Kyle Schiefelbein-Guerrero, and Jonas Kurlberg. “Defining Digital Theology: Digital Humanities, Digital Religion and the Particular Work of the CODEC Research Centre and Network.” Open Theology 5, no. 1 (2019): 29–43. https://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2019-0003.

Putra, Adi. “Spiritualitas Nuh.” Preprint, Open Science Framework, 2021. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/u8hzy.

Saputro, Anon Dwi, Yokibet Henny, and Kawangung. “Tevah Dan Tipologi Kristus Dalam Perjanjian Lama.” Phronesis: Jurnal Teologi Dan Misi 8, no. 2 (2025): 189–202.

Siregar, David Petrus. “Belajar dari Banjir Bandang Parapat: Melihat Kembali Perjanjian dengan Ciptaan (Sebuah Tafsir Sosiologi-Ekologi Kejadian 9:8-17 Allah, Alam, Manusia).” Jurnal Christian Humaniora 7, no. 2 (2023): 16–32. https://doi.org/10.46965/jch.v7i2.2367.

Tando, Fira, and Heni Kartini Tallu Tondok. “Tinjauan Teologis: Digitalisasi dan Transformasi Spiritualitas Kristen.” HUMANITIS: Jurnal Humaniora, Sosial dan Bisnis 2, no. 12 (2024): 1227–39.

Wenham, Gordon John. Genesis 1-15. Vol. 1. Word Biblical Commentary. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Academic, 2014.

Zaluchu, Sonny Eli. “Strategi Penelitian Kualitatif dan Kuantitatif di dalam Penelitian Agama.” Evangelikal: Jurnal Teologi Injili dan Pembinaan Warga Jemaat 4, no. 1 (2020): 28–38. https://doi.org/10.46445/ejti.v4i1.167.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.55798/kapata.v5i1.174

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c) 2024 KAPATA: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristen

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.