This study analyzes how conflict is viewed in the current faith community, centering on Ms. A's case, and presents a new perspective on conflict through the theory of 'Donald Winnicott'.
A faith community tends to consider the cause of a conflict negative. In addition, when it comes to conflict resolution, there is a tendency to avoid conflict or to resolve conflict quickly. This study views conflict differently from the perspective of the existing faith community.
This study sees the cause of conflict as the aggression suggested by Winnicott. Winnicott viewed aggression positively and considered it motility and vitality. Conflict begins with motility and vitality.
Through Winnicott's theory of the use of an object, we analyze the conflict arising from the relationship between the child in the early stages of life and its mother. Individuals, who do not fully experience conflict at the beginning of their life, experience deprivation. Individuals who experience deprivation are likely to exhibit Anti-social tendency in adolescence and adulthood. Individuals with Anti-social tendency lead to conflict in the community.
This study suggests the role of the community as a solution to the conflict when conflict resulting from aggression and deprivation arise in the faith community. A faith community must exist as a space to accept conflict so that individuals can fully experience it.