Forgiveness and reconciliation: psychological pathways to conflict transformation and peace building

The book addresses the need to move via forgiveness and reconciliation beyondthe negative effects of trauma on individuals, couples, families, and communities. Both human-created trauma and the spiritual and psychological distress that results from natural cause (e.g. earthquakes, floods, illness, and impending death) are included as situations that call forth the need to forgive others, the universe, God, and, at times, oneself. The authors will approach forgiveness from several perspectives: social-psychological, biopsychological, humandevelopmental, multi-generational, psychotherapeutic, psychoeducational, spiritual, via the media and the arts, or through construction of memorials, as well from a perspective of working toward world peace. INDICE: The Role of Forgiveness in Human Affairs: Integrative Themes. An Integrative, Systemic Framework for Forgiveness and Reconciliation. ForgivenessEthics and the Views of Five World Religions. The Bullet and the Disease: ThePsychology of Meaning in Forgiveness-Nonforgiveness. Mending Tears in the Social Fabric via Reconciliation and Forgiveness. Changing Childhood Trauma into Forgiveness. The Alternative of Dialogic Intelligence in Trauma Therapy. Promoting Forgiveness Through Restorative Conferencing. Forgiveness on a Deeper Level: Healing Trans-Generational Trauma. A Black Perspective on Interracial and Interethnic Forgiveness in the U.S. The India-Pakistan Partition: Sequelae of Unresolved Political Conflicts and their Resolution. Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Unresolved Conflicts: The Case of Darfur. The Meaning of Forgive whenthe Trauma Continues: A Case Study from Armenia. Repentance and Forgiveness, Pillars of Genuine Reconciliation -- A View from Rwanda. Forgiveness in Unresolved and Denied Mass Trauma. An International Perspective: Teaching Forgiveness and Building Peace in Divided Societies. Political Forgiveness and International Affairs. Dialogue Processes at the Intergroup Level. Forgiveness: An IdeaWhose Time Has Come.

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-0180-4
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 200
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés