TY  - BOOK
AU  - Worthington,Everett L.
TI  - Dimensions of forgiveness: psychological research & theological perspectives 
T2  - Laws of life symposia series
SN  - 1890151211 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - BF 637 .F67 D53 1998
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - Templeton Foundation Press
KW  - Forgiveness
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Adaptation, Psychological
KW  - Interpersonal Relations
KW  - Religion and Psychology
N1  - "'A Journey to Hope: a Research Workshop to Launch the John Templeton Foundations's Program to Encourage the Scientific Study of Forgiveness,' held at Hope College in Holland, Michigan"--P. ix; Includes bibliographical references and index; The ethos of Christian forgiveness; Martin E. Marty --; The elements of forgiveness : a Jewish approach; Elliot N. Dorff --; Forgiveness as a method of religious coping; Kenneth I. Pargament and Mark S. Rye --; The victim role, grudge theory, and two dimensions of forgiveness; Roy F. Baumeister, Julie Juola Exline, and Kristin L. Sommer --; The pyramid model of forgiveness : some interdisciplinary speculations about unforgiveness and the promotion of forgiveness; Everett L. Worthington, Jr. --; Researching the process model of forgiveness within psychological interventions; Robert D. Enright and Catherine T. Coyle --; Science and forgiveness interventions : reflections and recommendations; Carl E. Thoresen, Frederic Luskin, and Alex H. S. Harris --; An annotated bibliography of research on forgiveness and related concepts; Michael E. McCullough, Julie Juola Exline, and Roy F. Baumeister --; Empirical research in forgiveness : looking backward, looking forward; Everett L. Worthington, Jr. --; Stations on the journey from forgiveness to hope; Lewis B. Smedes
N2  - The scientific study of forgiveness is a new approach to an age-old problem. For thousands of years, people have practiced forgiveness within religious systems. Now, the field of scholarly research of forgiveness reveals the beneficial aspects of the process
ER  -