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Dimensions Of Forgiveness

Author : Everett L. Worthington

Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press

Page : 383 pages

File Size : 22,8 MB

Release : 2009-06-14

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1932031464

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The scientific study of forgiveness is a new approach to an age-old problem. For thousands of years, people have practiced forgiveness within religious systems. Now, the field of scholarly research of forgiveness reveals the beneficial aspects of the process. p>Contributors include Elliot Dorff and Martin Marty discussing religious interpretations, followed by social implications explained by Kenneth Pargament and Mark Rye. Roy Baumeister, Julie Exline, and Kristin Sommer present the victim's point of view. Other contributors focusing on the forgiveness research are: Everett Worthington, Robert Enright, Catherine Coyle, Carl Thoresen, Frederic Luskin, and Alex Harris. An annotated bibliography by Michael McCullough, Julie Exline, and Roy Baumeister, covers the empirical literature on the subject. Lewis Smedes concludes with the four steps necessary for forgiveness: moving from estrangement to forgiveness to reconciliation to hope.



The Forgiveness Book

Author : D. Patrick Miller

Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing

Page : 146 pages

File Size : 17,23 MB

Release : 2017-03-01

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 1612833896

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Forgiveness is the science of the heart; a discipline of discovering all the ways of being that will extend your love to the world and discarding all the ways that will not. This is a book about growing up, becoming whole, connecting to others, and becoming comfortable in one's own skin. It is inspirational, healing, and programmatic. Miller explores the facts of forgiveness, including forgiving others, forgiving oneself, and the results of following the path of forgiveness. Also included is a section on forgiveness exercises (including journaling, making amends, and practicing patience). This is a broadly based spiritual and self-help book. Rooted in the philosophy of A Course in Miracles and drawing from other spiritual teachings (including Christianity, Sufism, Buddhism, the I Ching, and Jungian psychology), The Forgiveness Book is for those interested in spirituality, wholeness, and living a better and more fulfilling life.



Forgiveness and Its Moral Dimensions

Author : Brandon Warmke

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 329 pages

File Size : 40,54 MB

Release : 2021

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 0190602147

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"What is to forgive someone? Is it primarily a change in one's emotions, in one's behavior, or something else? What is the connection between forgiveness and blaming attitudes like resentment? What is the relationship between forgiveness and free will? The essays in this book explore not only these questions about the nature of forgiveness, but also questions about the norms of forgiveness. Is forgiveness necessarily gift-like, and thus always discretionary? Is forgiveness ever prohibited or required? What is the relationship between forgiveness and apology? Does love require us to forgive? How does one maintain self-respect when one forgives? Is it morally permissible to forgive people for doing evil? And what would a utilitarian theory of the norms of forgiveness look like? This volume contains entirely new essays on forgiveness by some of the world's leading moral philosophers. Some contributors have been writing about forgiveness for decades. Others have taken the opportunity here to develop their thinking about forgiveness they broached in other work. For some contributors, this is their first time stepping into the forgiveness literature. While all the contributions address core questions about the nature and norms of forgiveness, they also collectively break new ground by raising entirely new questions, offering original proposals and arguments, and making connections to what have until now been treated as separate areas within philosophy"--



The Book of Forgiving

Author : Desmond Tutu

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 147 pages

File Size : 45,8 MB

Release : 2014-03-18

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 0062203584

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Chair of The Elders, and Chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, along with his daughter, the Reverend Mpho Tutu, offer a manual on the art of forgiveness—helping us to realize that we are all capable of healing and transformation. Tutu's role as the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission taught him much about forgiveness. If you asked anyone what they thought was going to happen to South Africa after apartheid, almost universally it was predicted that the country would be devastated by a comprehensive bloodbath. Yet, instead of revenge and retribution, this new nation chose to tread the difficult path of confession, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Each of us has a deep need to forgive and to be forgiven. After much reflection on the process of forgiveness, Tutu has seen that there are four important steps to healing: Admitting the wrong and acknowledging the harm; Telling one's story and witnessing the anguish; Asking for forgiveness and granting forgiveness; and renewing or releasing the relationship. Forgiveness is hard work. Sometimes it even feels like an impossible task. But it is only through walking this fourfold path that Tutu says we can free ourselves of the endless and unyielding cycle of pain and retribution. The Book of Forgiving is both a touchstone and a tool, offering Tutu's wise advice and showing the way to experience forgiveness. Ultimately, forgiving is the only means we have to heal ourselves and our aching world.



Forgiveness

Author : Michael E. McCullough

Publisher : Guilford Press

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 25,76 MB

Release : 2000-01-01

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 9781572305106

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Offering a definitive overview of a vital aspect of human experience, this unique volume will help forgiveness researchers of the present and future to steer a more coordinated and scientifically productive course. It serves as an insightful and informative resource for a broad interdisciplinary audience of clinicians, researchers, educators, and students.



Forgiveness and Its Moral Dimensions

Author : Brandon Warmke

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 329 pages

File Size : 37,84 MB

Release : 2021-08-01

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 0197578039

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Philosophical interest in forgiveness has seen a resurgence. This interest reflects, at least in part, a large body of new work in psychology, several newsworthy cases of institutional apology and forgiveness, and intense and increased attention to the practices surrounding responsibility, blame, and praise. In this book, some of the world's leading philosophers present twelve entirely new essays on forgiveness. Some contributors have been writing about forgiveness for decades. Others have taken the opportunity here to develop their thinking about forgiveness they broached in other work. For some contributors, this is their first time writing on forgiveness. While all the contributions address core questions about the nature and norms of forgiveness, they also collectively break new ground by raising entirely new questions, offering original proposals and arguments, and making connections to the topics of free will, moral responsibility, collective wrongdoing, apology, religion, and our emotions.



Handbook of Forgiveness

Author : Everett L. Worthington, Jr.

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 667 pages

File Size : 28,90 MB

Release : 2007-12-11

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 113541095X

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There is a need in both public and professional sectors for a deeper, and more complete understanding of forgiveness, as we are - in the author's own words - "on the threshold of an age of forgiveness and reconciliation." And yet despite continued interest and development in the field, researchers, clinicians, practitioners, and academics have long been without a comprehensive resource on which to base their work. The Handbook of Forgiveness summarizes the state of the science in the research, practice, and teaching of forgiveness. Chapters approach forgiveness and reconciliation from a variety of perspectives, drawing on related work in fields such as biology, personality, social psychology, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, and international/political implications. The Handbook provides comprehensive treatments of the topic, integrating theoretical considerations, methodological discussions, and practical interventions strategies in order to appeal to researchers, clinicians, and practitioners. This volume is the most up-to-date and authoritative resource on the understanding of the science of forgiveness. The Handbook of Forgiveness has been chosen as a Book of Distinction by Templeton Press.



Forgiveness & Reconciliation

Author : Raymond G. Helmick

Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press

Page : 480 pages

File Size : 11,84 MB

Release : 2018-01-24

Category : Religion

ISBN : 189015184X

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This book brings together a unique combination of experts in conflict resolution and focuses on the role forgiveness can play in the process. It deals with theology, public policy, psychological and social theory, and social policy implementation of forgiveness. This book is essential for libraries, scholars, conflict negotiators, and all people who hope to understand the role of forgiveness in the peace process. The book's first section explores how ideas like "forgiveness" and "reconciliation" are moving out from the seminary and academy into the world of public policy and how these terms have been used and defined in the past. The second section looks at forgiveness and public policy. One of the chapters, by Donald W. Shriver Jr., addresses forgiveness in a secular political forum. The third section of the book draws us to a more thorough analysis of the relationship between forgiveness and reconciliation from voices in the academic and theological community, and the final section highlights the work of practitioners currently working with religion, public policy, and conflict transformation, particularly in areas such as Ireland and Africa. Contributors include Desmond M. Tutu, Rodney L. Petersen, Miroslav Volf, Stanley S. Harakas, Raymond G. Helmick, SJ, Joseph V. Montville, Douglas M. Johnston, Donna Hicks, Donald W. Shriver, Jr., Everett L. Worthington, Jr., John Paul Lederach, Ervin Staub, Laurie Anne Pearlman, John Dawson, Audrey R. Chapman, Olga Botcharova, Anthony da Silva, SJ, Geraldine Smythe, OP, Andrea Bartoli, Ofelia Ortega, and George F. R. Ellis.



The Dimensions of a Higher Intelligent Living Being

Author : Jeffery A. Smith

Publisher : AuthorHouse

Page : 1318 pages

File Size : 23,13 MB

Release : 2015-11-13

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 1504948351

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The dimensions of a higher intelligent living being part 2 is about Gods, someones, and somethings choices because I think God, someone, and something has a choice for God, someone, and something to be having choices; Gods, someones, and somethings intervention; how someone is in life because I think someone is somehow able to be overlapping, and co-existing along with something for someone to be how someone is in life; how something is in life because I think something is somehow able to be overlapping, and co-existing along with something for something to be how something is in life; how any body of mass is in life because I think any body of mass consists of 12 dimensions that is apart of making up any body of mass for any body of mass to be how any body of mass is in life; how the three dimensions of length are in life because I think the three dimensions of length is overlapping, and co-existing along with each others lengths for the three dimensions of length to be how the three dimensions of length are in life; how the universe is in life because I think the universe consists of someone, and any body of mass that is apart of making up everything that is able to be taking place in the universe for the universe to be how the universe is in life; how God can respond to someone because I think someone can respond to God for God to be responding to someone; forgiveness because I think someone can do something wrong for someone to be forgiving someone, and what can possibly happen to someone after someone dies because I do not think someone is nothing for nothing not to possibly happen to someone after someone dies.



An Assessment of Contemporary Models of Forgiveness

Author : Célestin Musekura

Publisher : Peter Lang

Page : 250 pages

File Size : 19,51 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9781433108747

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"Celestin Musekura had just begun doctoral studies in Dallas when he learned that many of his own family members had been killed in a wave of genocide reprisals back home in Rwanda. Revenge would have been understandable, but he said, 'I have preached forgiveness, and now it is my turn to practice it. To my family I say, I will pray for those who brutally murdered you, and I will care for their children.' It should come as no surprise that Celestin's understanding of forgiveness, well expressed in these pages, is restoring communities throughout sub-Saharan Africa. He knows and practices that of which he speaks. This book sets a course for realistic, collective transformation."-Robert A. Pyne, Th.D., Director, Peace and Justice Center, St. Norbert College --Book Jacket.