Healing agony [[electronic resource] ] : re-imagining forgiveness / / Stephen Cherry

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790452003321
• Autore: Cherry Stephen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England : , : Continuum International Publishing Group, , [2012]; ©2012
• ISBN: 9781441156150; 9781441119384; 9786613478344; 1-283-47834-X; 1-4411-5615-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 pages)
• Disciplina: 234/.5
• Soggetti: Forgiveness - Religious aspects - Christianity; Victims - Religious aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-226) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.--