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@article{ART002942241},
author={Kyu Bo Kim},
title={A Christian Pathological Diagnosis on Addiction in terms of Sin and its Practical Implications},
journal={Journal of Counseling and Gospel },
issn={1739-0745},
year={2023},
volume={31},
number={1},
pages={5-35},
doi={10.17841/jocag.2023.31.1.5}

TY - JOUR
AU - Kyu Bo Kim
TI - A Christian Pathological Diagnosis on Addiction in terms of Sin and its Practical Implications
JO - Journal of Counseling and Gospel
PY - 2023
VL - 31
IS - 1
PB - Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
SP - 5
EP - 35
SN - 1739-0745
AB - Since human beings are created in the Image of God, human pathology cannot be understood, excluding God's existence and his creation order. A Christian pathology that considers the categories of sin, dis-order, and suffering enables a christian counselor to make a diagnosis in a holistic level regarding a counselee’s problem. This study proposes a christian pathology of addiction in terms of sin, and presents practical implications for biblical counseling. Addiction essentially is a state in which the ordo amoris established by God is broken. Addiction is a reality that reveals the idol of the heart derived from self-love, and which stems from the absence of true knowledge of God. The absence of the knowledge in turn leads to the loss of awe, and it causes the will for his own glory, which eventually makes people addict on a worldly thing. The primary implication of such understanding is that the ultimate help comes from Christ. Also theknowledge of God in Christ provides a cognitive interpretative framework, seeing everything with new eyes in God's order, giving emotional impression, and presenting a new way of life. This leads to a habit of piety that forms counter-addiction practices in the judgment of love. In that process, it is God’s calling that the church persistently takes care of the addicts within a redemption group and creates supportive culture wiping out the social stigma on addiction. This study is limited to the category of sin, and it is suggested that other categories of Christian pathology on addiction be addressed in subsequent studies.
KW - addiction;Christian pathology;sin;Christiformity;biblical counseling
DO - 10.17841/jocag.2023.31.1.5
ER -

Kyu Bo Kim. (2023). A Christian Pathological Diagnosis on Addiction in terms of Sin and its Practical Implications. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 31(1), 5-35.

Kyu Bo Kim. 2023, "A Christian Pathological Diagnosis on Addiction in terms of Sin and its Practical Implications", Journal of Counseling and Gospel , vol.31, no.1 pp.5-35. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2023.31.1.5

Kyu Bo Kim "A Christian Pathological Diagnosis on Addiction in terms of Sin and its Practical Implications" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 31.1 pp.5-35 (2023) : 5.

Kyu Bo Kim. A Christian Pathological Diagnosis on Addiction in terms of Sin and its Practical Implications. 2023; 31(1), 5-35. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2023.31.1.5

Kyu Bo Kim. "A Christian Pathological Diagnosis on Addiction in terms of Sin and its Practical Implications" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 31, no.1 (2023) : 5-35.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2023.31.1.5

Kyu Bo Kim. A Christian Pathological Diagnosis on Addiction in terms of Sin and its Practical Implications. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 31(1), 5-35. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2023.31.1.5

Kyu Bo Kim. A Christian Pathological Diagnosis on Addiction in terms of Sin and its Practical Implications. Journal of Counseling and Gospel . 2023; 31(1) 5-35. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2023.31.1.5

Kyu Bo Kim. A Christian Pathological Diagnosis on Addiction in terms of Sin and its Practical Implications. 2023; 31(1), 5-35. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2023.31.1.5

Kyu Bo Kim. "A Christian Pathological Diagnosis on Addiction in terms of Sin and its Practical Implications" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 31, no.1 (2023) : 5-35.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2023.31.1.5