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Autore: | Cherry Stephen |
Titolo: | Healing agony : re-imagining forgiveness / / Stephen Cherry |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , [2012] |
©2012 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
Disciplina: | 234/.5 |
Soggetto topico: | Forgiveness - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-226) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
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 ne |
Titolo autorizzato: | Healing agony |
ISBN: | 1-283-47834-X |
9786613478344 | |
1-4411-5615-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910461494703321 |
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