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An Essay on Holistic Christian Counseling with regard to Death

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2009, 12(), pp.9-39
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2009.12..9
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : March 30, 2009
  • Accepted : May 11, 2009

Kang, Yong-Won 1

1고신대학교

ABSTRACT

Death, which is an unavoidable reality, is the central topic in the Christian counseling. It is because that the ministry on death is above all to reveal the cross of Christ and the gospel truth. Christian counselor, equipped with biblical and psychological knowledge on death, must be able to help the bereaved to overcome their agony and hopelessness to experience restoration and hope. This research will discuss why death is an essential subject in Christian counseling, based on the meaning of death in the Scripture. Furthermore, this research deals with general principles of Christian counseling on death. Especially it will discuss and evaluate various theories and practical principles of Christian counseling for the dying and for the bereaved, which are two subjects in death. This researcher emphasizes that Christian counseling in death must be approached holistically, and offers a direction toward which Christian counseling needs to follow with regard to death in ministry based on the concept of human as a holistic being, human as a holistic being-in-relationship, and human as a holistic being-in-time. It is made clear in this paper that Christian counseling with regard to death must be not only a task for Christian counselors, but also for the entire members of a church.

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