Empowering Leadership dalam Pendidikan Teologi: Strategi Inovasi dan Pengembangan Kompetensi Lulusan di Era Revolusi Industri 4.0
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52220/b0enms82Keywords:
empowering leadership; graduate competence; industrial revolution 4.0; curriculum innovation; theological education; inovasi kurikulum; kepemimpinan pemberdayaan; kompetensi lulusan; pendidikan teologi; revolusi industri 4.0Abstract
The era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 presents complex challenges for theological education in responding to rapid social, cultural, and technological changes. This study aims to examine the role of empowering leadership in fostering innovation in theological education and in developing graduate competencies relevant to the digital era. Using a qualitative approach grounded in a systematic literature review, this research analyzes academic sources on leadership theory, educational innovation, digital transformation, and graduate formation in religious higher education institutions. The findings indicate that empowering leadership plays a strategic role in creating an academic culture that is participatory, collaborative, and open to change. This approach encourages curriculum innovation, the integration of technology in learning, and the formation of graduates who are theologically grounded, digitally competent, and spiritually mature. This study contributes theoretically to the discourse on leadership in theological education while also offering practical implications for Christian educational institutions in responding to global disruption in a visionary and transformative manner.
Abstrak
Era Revolusi Industri 4.0 menghadirkan tantangan kompleks bagi pendidikan teologi dalam me-respons perubahan sosial, budaya, dan teknologi yang berlangsung cepat. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengkaji peran empowering leadership dalam mendorong inovasi pendidikan teologi dan pengem-bangan kompetensi lulusan yang relevan di era digital. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualita-tif berbasis kajian pustaka sistematis, penelitian ini menganalisis literatur akademik yang menca-kup teori kepemimpinan, inovasi pendidikan, transformasi digital, dan pembentukan lulusan di institusi pendidikan tinggi keagamaan. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa empowering leadership berperan strategis dalam menciptakan budaya akademik yang partisipatif, kolaboratif, dan terbu-ka terhadap perubahan. Pendekatan ini mendorong inovasi kurikulum, integrasi teknologi dalam pembelajaran, serta pembentukan lulusan yang unggul secara teologis, cakap secara digital, dan memiliki kecerdasan spiritual yang matang. Penelitian ini memberikan kontribusi teoretis dalam wacana kepemimpinan pendidikan teologi sekaligus menawarkan implikasi praktis bagi lembaga pendidikan Kristen dalam merespons disrupsi global secara visioner dan transformatif.
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