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Autore |
Cherry Stephen |
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Titolo |
Healing agony : re-imagining forgiveness / / Stephen Cherry |
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London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , [2012] |
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©2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-47834-X |
9786613478344 |
1-4411-5615-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (243 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Forgiveness - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-226) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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You can't just flip your feelings -- The wilderness of hurt -- After torture -- A duty to forgive? -- Anger, resentment and grudge -- After murder -- Forgiveness as spirituality -- Forgiver syndrome -- Visiting evil -- Reimagining forgiveness -- A forgiving heart -- The gifts of the wise. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 ne |
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