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Forgiveness in context : theology and psychology in creative dialogue

The last 20 years have seen the development of a growing body of psychological literature on the long-neglected subject of forgiveness. Forgiveness has been widely regarded as a purely religious construct, and its associations with a 'neurotic; Christianity perhaps led to its exile from the consulting room.
Print Book, English, 2004
Continuum, London, 2004
x, 208 pages
9780567084835, 9780567084934, 0567084833, 0567084930
1017834760
Chapter 1: Forgiveness: Relating Psychology and Theology Fraser Watts; Chapter 2: Forgiveness and Repentance in Judaism Solomon Schimmel; Chapter 3: Early Christian Thinking (AB with) Stephen Burns; Chapter 4: Christian Theology Fraser Watts; Chapter 5: Forgiveness and Liturgy Roger Grainger with Fraser Watts; Chapter 6: Intrapersonal Forgiveness Elizabeth Gulliford; Chapter 7: The Healing of Relationships Elizabeth Gulliford; Chapter 8: The Capacity for Forgiveness Mary Anne Coate; Chapter 9: Forgiveness in Challenging Circumstances Stephen Burns; Chapter 10: Forgiveness in the Socio-Political Sphere (); Chapter 11: Concluding Reflections Fraser Watts