Dimensions of forgiveness : psychological research & theological perspectives /

Dimensions of forgiveness : psychological research & theological perspectives / edited by Everett L. Worthington, Jr. - Philadelphia : Templeton Foundation Press, (c)1998. - xii, 368 pages : illistrations ; 24 cm.

"'A Journey to Hope: a Research Workshop to Launch the John Templeton Foundations's Program to Encourage the Scientific Study of Forgiveness,' held at Hope College in Holland, Michigan"--P. ix.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The ethos of Christian forgiveness The elements of forgiveness : a Jewish approach Forgiveness as a method of religious coping The victim role, grudge theory, and two dimensions of forgiveness The pyramid model of forgiveness : some interdisciplinary speculations about unforgiveness and the promotion of forgiveness Researching the process model of forgiveness within psychological interventions Science and forgiveness interventions : reflections and recommendations An annotated bibliography of research on forgiveness and related concepts Empirical research in forgiveness : looking backward, looking forward Stations on the journey from forgiveness to hope Martin E. Marty -- Elliot N. Dorff -- Kenneth I. Pargament and Mark S. Rye -- Roy F. Baumeister, Julie Juola Exline, and Kristin L. Sommer -- Everett L. Worthington, Jr. -- Robert D. Enright and Catherine T. Coyle -- Carl E. Thoresen, Frederic Luskin, and Alex H. S. Harris -- Michael E. McCullough, Julie Juola Exline, and Roy F. Baumeister -- Everett L. Worthington, Jr. -- Lewis B. Smedes.



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Forgiveness--Congresses.
Forgiveness--Religious aspects--Congresses.

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