Tanah Terkutuk dan Bumi yang Menangis: Tinjauan Ekoteologi Menurut Kejadian 4:1-16

Abstract

This study offers an ecotheological reflection on Genesis 4:1–16, interpreting the story of Cain and Abel as both a moral and ecological crisis. Using a biblical theological approach with narrative and reflective exegesis, the research explores the relationship between human sin, moral violence, and the suffering of creation. The Hebrew interplay among adam (human), dam (blood), and adamah (earth) reveals a deep kinship between humanity and the soil, showing that the earth acts as a moral agent protesting against violence and injustice. Cain’s act of shedding blood defiles the ground, turning the fertile adamah into a witness and judge of human wrongdoing. This rupture anticipates the “groaning of creation”, which finds its fulfillment in the reconciling blood of Christ that restores both humanity and the cosmos. The study concludes that violence against fellow humans is simultaneously violence against the earth, calling the church to participate in the Missio Dei for ecological justice and the restoration of creation.

Keywords: Ecotheology; Cain and Abel; Ecological justice; Genesis; Biblical Theology