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@article{ART001993065},
author={Ha, Jae Sung},
title={Pastor’s Depression and Burnout: Efficiency from a ‘Holy’ Self-Exploitation},
journal={Journal of Counseling and Gospel },
issn={1739-0745},
year={2015},
volume={23},
number={1},
pages={315-341},
doi={10.17841/jocag.2015.23.1.315}

TY - JOUR
AU - Ha, Jae Sung
TI - Pastor’s Depression and Burnout: Efficiency from a ‘Holy’ Self-Exploitation
JO - Journal of Counseling and Gospel
PY - 2015
VL - 23
IS - 1
PB - Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
SP - 315
EP - 341
SN - 1739-0745
AB - The purpose of this article lies both in a critical observation of pastors’ burnout and depression and in the presentation of pastoral theological prescription. Dr. Han Byung-Chul, Korean author and cultural theorist in Germany, depicts burnout, depression, and ADHD as representative symptoms of today’s society in his sensational book, Fatigue Society (Die Müdigkeitsgesellschaft in German). According to him, different from the previous modern era, those symptoms do not come out of negativity of immunology but out of an excess of positivity, which brings about volunatry self-exploitation. People exploit themselves by using voluntary energy with an ambition of efficiency in this postmodern times. This fits the experience of Korean pastors who carry overburdens for church growth; burnout, depression, and even demarcation are the results of the self-exploitation. Han’s fluent philosophical schema appropriately explain their symptoms in this perspective. It is hard for most pastors to say no to their parishioners, let alone finding a break from their ministry. The overuse of their persona, a theatrical self, needs a time-out. Han’s analysis, on the other hand, misses a significant clinical aspect; oppression still lives in personal and social relationships, and contributes to severe depression. That is why they need a sabbatical for recovery from the violence of both self-exploitation inside and oppression outside.
KW - depression;burnout;excess of positivity;pastor;sabbatical
DO - 10.17841/jocag.2015.23.1.315
ER -

Ha, Jae Sung. (2015). Pastor’s Depression and Burnout: Efficiency from a ‘Holy’ Self-Exploitation. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 23(1), 315-341.

Ha, Jae Sung. 2015, "Pastor’s Depression and Burnout: Efficiency from a ‘Holy’ Self-Exploitation", Journal of Counseling and Gospel , vol.23, no.1 pp.315-341. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2015.23.1.315

Ha, Jae Sung "Pastor’s Depression and Burnout: Efficiency from a ‘Holy’ Self-Exploitation" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 23.1 pp.315-341 (2015) : 315.

Ha, Jae Sung. Pastor’s Depression and Burnout: Efficiency from a ‘Holy’ Self-Exploitation. 2015; 23(1), 315-341. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2015.23.1.315

Ha, Jae Sung. "Pastor’s Depression and Burnout: Efficiency from a ‘Holy’ Self-Exploitation" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 23, no.1 (2015) : 315-341.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2015.23.1.315

Ha, Jae Sung. Pastor’s Depression and Burnout: Efficiency from a ‘Holy’ Self-Exploitation. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 23(1), 315-341. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2015.23.1.315

Ha, Jae Sung. Pastor’s Depression and Burnout: Efficiency from a ‘Holy’ Self-Exploitation. Journal of Counseling and Gospel . 2015; 23(1) 315-341. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2015.23.1.315

Ha, Jae Sung. Pastor’s Depression and Burnout: Efficiency from a ‘Holy’ Self-Exploitation. 2015; 23(1), 315-341. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2015.23.1.315

Ha, Jae Sung. "Pastor’s Depression and Burnout: Efficiency from a ‘Holy’ Self-Exploitation" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 23, no.1 (2015) : 315-341.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2015.23.1.315