How can I forgive you?
by Spring, Janis Abrahms
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : HarperCollins, (New York ) Physical details: xi, 254 p. 24 cm. ISBN:0060009306 (alk paper); 9780060009304. Year: 2004| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 100 - 199 | 179.9 Spr (Browse shelf) | Available | 86164 |
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| 179.7 Kie Last rights : | 179.7 Par Black stork | 179.9 Pow The power of forgiveness | 179.9 Spr How can I forgive you? | 181.1 Con Wisdom of Confusius | 181.4 Alc At the Feet of the Master | 185 Adl Aristotle for everybody |
Contents:
Introduction: Is forgiveness good for you?
Cheap forgiveness: an inauthentic act of peacemaking that resolves nothing
Refusing to forgive: a rigid response that keeps you entombed in hate
Acceptance: a healing gift to yourself that asks nothing of the offender
Genuine forgiveness: a healing transaction, an intimate dance
Afterword
Appendix: how the offender's childhood wounds shaped the way he treated you
Drawing on twenty-nine years as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Spring proposes a radically new, life-affirming alternative that lets us overcome the corrosive effects of hate and get on with our lives--without forgiving. She also offers a powerful and unconventional model for genuine forgiveness--one that asks as much of the offender as it asks of us
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