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Couple Violence and Reciprocity in Marriage Relationship

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2008, 10(), pp.250-284
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2008.10..250
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : March 30, 2008
  • Accepted : May 10, 2008

Ha, Jae Sung 1

1고신대학교

ABSTRACT

Couple violence in the family cuts through all cultures and individuals although marriage is a God’s gift from the time of creation for an equal and reciprocal relationship between a man and a woman. Married couples have to set their relational foundations on mutual respect and trust in order to preserve balance of power in the family. However, violence in a couple derives from a serious breach of the right of balanced power in the middle of fierce couple struggles. In order to restore its balance, patriarchal culture that takes sides with perpetrators rather than with victims of family violence must be subject to change. Interpretation of the Scriptures based on men-centeredness in traditional Korean culture must turn to equal right of men and women for restructuring of power distribution. In addition, victims have to receive empowerment by breaking the silence of shame of violence from the church and society. They must be also encouraged for the use of spiritual resources such as sublimation in order to bring about a fundamental change in the family as long as they can endure in such brutal environments.

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