Forgiveness and reconciliation in an inter-group context : East Timor's perspectives / Félix Neto, Maria da Conceição Pinto and Etienne Mullet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neto, Félix, 1950-

Contributor:

Pinto, Maria da Conceição.

Mullet, Etienne.

Series:

Focus on civilizations and cultures.

Countries, regional studies, trading blocks, unions, world organizations.

Focus on civilizations and cultures

Countries, regional studies, trading blocks, unions, world organizations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--Timor-Leste.

Peace-building.

Reconciliation--Political aspects--Timor-Leste.

Reconciliation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (99 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book describes the Timorese people's extraordinary capacity to forgive as the most surprising thing author Felix Neto encountered there, something he had never seen elsewhere, despite having witnessed a wide variety of conflicts. Whether some special capacity to forgive is peculiar to the Timorese, their willingness to extend it to their former enemies is not only magnanimous but wise. The willingness to forgive is a precondition for reconciliation. Reconciliation, in turn, is a precondition for achieving peace. If the current and successive generations are to live in full freedom, respectful of others' rights, it has to begin with forgiveness.

Contents:

Granting forgiveness in an inter-group context

Seeking forgiveness in an inter-group context

Truth and reconciliation commissions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-62100-254-3

OCLC:

746925631