고통에서의 전인적 연대를 위한 신학의 기여 가능성: 예수의 ‘함께 아파함’에 대한 논의를 통하여

Abstract

The purpose of this essay is to make a point of contact between christian theology and modern medicine under the discussion of Jesus’ ‘compassion’, and to examine the possibility of theological contribution to holistic solidarity in suffering. For the purpose, we critically consider the discussion of Jesus’ ‘miraculous healing’ by Jesus Seminar. Through this, we conclude that the first thing we should pay attention to is not Jesus’ ‘miracle’, but his ‘healing’ as acts of compassion. In this way, when miracle events are included in the meaning of Jesus’ healing, it is expected to enrich the current theological discussions with naturalistic modern medicine. In addition, we try to reinterpret Jesus’ vision, ‘the Kingdom of God’ from the perspective of kenotic theology. Through this, nature, understood as blind necessity, can be the medium to communicate between theology and medicine, and can remove obstacles between the heterogeneous world views. In other words, nature in medicine becomes a foundation for humans to pursue a subjective understanding and autonomous intervention to suffering, and nature in theology becomes a reality that reveals the love of God who bears the suffering while embracing the other. This suggests that the intrinsic spirit of medicine is not much different from the sprit of Jesus’ compassion under the ultimate reality reinterpreted by kenotic theology, and makes medicine a good partner for theology working to bring holistic solidarity in suffering.