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Christian Counseling Readings of Jacob Narrative: Focused on Fairbairn

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2020, 28(2), pp.77-108
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2020.28.2.77
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : September 29, 2020
  • Accepted : November 6, 2020
  • Published : November 30, 2020

Kim Mi Kyung 1

1서울한영대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

We are now living in the age of Untact, where strong social distancing is prolonged due to Corona-19 and preparing for the change of the untact era by deciding to introduce non-face-to-face classes and telecommuting. These changes can also spread to Christian's religious life, and worship can also be offered in a non-face-to-face manner, which could potentially spread in the form of "distancing from God." Human beings are relational beings, especially the formation of a relationship with God is an important aspect of existence. To this end, this study will look at the descriptions of Genesis, which make Jacob's story focused on the "Bethel (House of God)" based on the Jacob story. By dividing Jacob's story into six scene structures, this study will examine the dynamic relationship between Jacob, the people around him, and God by applying Fairbairn's object relation theory. In particular, after the Jabbok River incident and the Dinah incident, it attempts to analyze how God intervened and made Jacob into Israel in the Reformation and Bethel event of Genesis Chapter 35 that Jacob had implemented in his family. Christian counseling should start with “Bethel,” the central motive of Jacob's story, and guide the client to return to “Bethel”. Upon returning to Bethel, the client's fragmented self encounters the ideal object of Christ with reinforcement of the central ego, and the client's well-being based on the relationship with God would be given.

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