The Book of Job and Pastoral Intervention in Crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3684382 |
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| Authors | Pavel Hanes (0000-0002-8618-8651, Matej Bel University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 805 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel14060805 |
| OpenAlex | W4381250527 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This article uses the Book of Job as a starting point for guidelines on how to help people traumatized by various crises find purpose and meaning in life without imposition of pre-judged solutions. Using a loose analogy between a theological discussion in the biblical book and the modern theories of existential psychotherapy, it makes a point of showing how both methods may fail if they are ossified into ideologies. The proposed solution is in making room for a divine intervention that is outside the scope of the pastor's or therapist's experience. In the Book of Job, it is Job's personal encounter with God. Psychotherapy may use the Lacanian notion of "the Other" to open up the client towards Transcendence. In times of trauma and crisis, people are vulnerable to all sorts of emotional and spiritual abuse. That is why the call for openness towards divine intervention must be cultivated within the limits of Christian spirituality
Analogy · Crisis intervention · Epistemology · Existentialism · Ideology · Karma · Openness to experience · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Spirituality · Theology · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Law · Medicine · Memory, History, Trauma, Identity · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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