An Analysis of Trends in Christian Bibliotherapy in Korea: With a Focus on the Papers Published in 2003-2022

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the research trends of the Christian bibliotherapy related papers published in Korea over the past two decades. Method: This study was conducted with the papers extracted with the topic of Christian bibliotherapy from among the papers published in Korea from 2003 to 2022 and the papers published in specialized academic journals. The papers to be analyzed were searched and collected with the topic of ’Christian bibliotherapy‘ for the pa-pers published in academic journals as well as the dissertations for master’s and doctoral degrees, which were published from 2003 until 2022 via the database within the search site of the Korea Education and Research Information Service (http://www.riss.co.kr). They were also included in the cases where bibliotherapy was performed with the Bible in addition to the Christian bibliotherapy. Results: As a result of this study, future research on Christian bibliotherapy needs to increase the studies on clinical bibliotherapy targeting various age groups, clarify the specific process of bibliotherapy, and needs to be supplemented with the studies on the process of training Christian bibliotherapy experts. Conclusion: This study will provide the basic data for the Christian bibliotherapy related studies, and will further present future research directions for the Christian bibliotherapy researchers.