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@article{ART001529906},
author={Im,Hun-Man},
title={The First Vocation's Perspective on the Second Vocation's Perspective towards Job and Christian Counseling},
journal={Journal of Counseling and Gospel },
issn={1739-0745},
year={2009},
volume={13},
pages={37-69},
doi={10.17841/jocag.2009.13..37}

TY - JOUR
AU - Im,Hun-Man
TI - The First Vocation's Perspective on the Second Vocation's Perspective towards Job and Christian Counseling
JO - Journal of Counseling and Gospel
PY - 2009
VL - 13
IS - null
PB - Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
SP - 37
EP - 69
SN - 1739-0745
AB - Many people believe that the reason their lives seem meaningless and unhappy is due to their dissatisfaction of jobs. But according to Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy which states that a person who knows the meaning to their life can overcome any hardships in life, it is not the type of work that brings happiness, meaning and value to one’s life, but the way a person sets his mental attitude toward his or her job. This article, with a Christian viewpoint, explores the meaning of work by dividing the relational vocation with God as the first vocation and job-related vocation as the second. Thus through the etymologic, biblical, and Christian-historic meaning of the word “job”, one must understand the meaning of a job not simply as something that brings in wealth, but as a second vocation of calling from God; and that this second vocation would be able to recover its true meaning through the calling of the first vocation from God, or in other words through the restoration of a relationship with Him. But this article also indicates a problem of the protestant viewpoint of vocation as understanding a job not as a second but first vocation. Secondly, since in career counseling prevention is actually important, the article depicts about the principles distinguishing the jobs God calls as second vocation. Lastly, through the viewpoint of Christian counseling, the article examines the meaning of job and the treatment of unemployment neurosis caused by unemployment. Truly a job is a vocation given by God as a tool for making this world fit for the coming of Kingdom of God. By recognizing wisely the calling of a vocational job from God and by rejoicing and being thankful through that job would be the way of life to return glory to the living God.
KW - job;vocation;Viktor Frankl;logotherapy;Christian counseling
DO - 10.17841/jocag.2009.13..37
ER -

Im,Hun-Man. (2009). The First Vocation's Perspective on the Second Vocation's Perspective towards Job and Christian Counseling. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 13, 37-69.

Im,Hun-Man. 2009, "The First Vocation's Perspective on the Second Vocation's Perspective towards Job and Christian Counseling", Journal of Counseling and Gospel , vol.13, pp.37-69. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2009.13..37

Im,Hun-Man "The First Vocation's Perspective on the Second Vocation's Perspective towards Job and Christian Counseling" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 13 pp.37-69 (2009) : 37.

Im,Hun-Man. The First Vocation's Perspective on the Second Vocation's Perspective towards Job and Christian Counseling. 2009; 13 37-69. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2009.13..37

Im,Hun-Man. "The First Vocation's Perspective on the Second Vocation's Perspective towards Job and Christian Counseling" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 13(2009) : 37-69.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2009.13..37

Im,Hun-Man. The First Vocation's Perspective on the Second Vocation's Perspective towards Job and Christian Counseling. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 13, 37-69. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2009.13..37

Im,Hun-Man. The First Vocation's Perspective on the Second Vocation's Perspective towards Job and Christian Counseling. Journal of Counseling and Gospel . 2009; 13 37-69. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2009.13..37

Im,Hun-Man. The First Vocation's Perspective on the Second Vocation's Perspective towards Job and Christian Counseling. 2009; 13 37-69. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2009.13..37

Im,Hun-Man. "The First Vocation's Perspective on the Second Vocation's Perspective towards Job and Christian Counseling" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 13(2009) : 37-69.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2009.13..37