Psychodynamic Foundations of the Kerygmatic Response to Job

Abstract

The concept of "Communion of saints", originally preached by Christians with the testimony (kerygma) of becoming a neighbour, enrich Adlerian theory with precious contaminations and contributions and, in turn, is supported by Adler's psychodynamic intuition according to which the aspiration to superiority and perfection must always be intertwined with community feeling. Job, who could do nothing but thank God for
having listened to him, could have found the meaning of his suffering in the communion of believers. Even in history and in politics, only the community perspective realizes the aspiration to the superiority and perfection of everyone, making him safe from being a victim of the lust for power