Healing agony : re-imagining forgiveness / Stephen Cherry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cherry, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forgiveness--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Forgiveness.

Victims--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Victims.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Continuum International Publishing Group, [2012].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the most profound challenges a human being can ever face is how to forgive in the aftermath of injury, hurt or violation. Healing Agony explores the theology of forgiveness alongside a number of contemporary forgiveness stories in order to glean insights for those facing just this challenge. While God's forgiveness is revealed to be a simpler matter than is sometimes imagined, forgiveness between human beings is shown to be far more difficult, enigmatic and open-ended. This book offers a map of the rugged terrain that victims of serious harm, or those who seek to accompany them, will need to navigate if they embark on the venture of trust we call forgiveness.-- [Publisher]

Contents:

1. You can't just flip your feelings

2. The wilderness of hurt

3. After torture

4. A duty to forgive?

5. Anger, resentment and grudge

6. After murder

7. Forgiveness as spirituality

8. Forgiver syndrome

9. Visiting evil

10. Re-imagining forgiveness

11. A forgiving heart

12. The gifts of the wise.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-226) and index.

ISBN:

9781441119384

9786613478344

9781283478342

128347834X

9781441156150

1441156151

OCLC:

779828488