Author： Roxberg Åsa
Publisher： Springer Publishing Company
ISSN： 0022-4197
Source： Journal of Religion and Health, Vol.52, Iss.1, 2013-03, pp. : 114-127
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Abstract
The aim of the study was to explore the meaning of consolation as experienced by Job in the Book of Job and as presented in literature and how consolation relates to suffering and care. The study's theoretical design applied Ricoeur's view on phenomenology and hermeneutics. The resulting themes were as follows: consolation that is present, that originates in confrontation, that keeps suffering at a distance, that does not alleviate suffering, that originates in experience from giving comfort, and that facilitates a change of perspective. The authentic and caring consolation accepts the sufferer's incomprehensible “otherness but however provides no answers about how to console.
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