Beyond forgiveness: reflections on atonement

"Profound wisdom from noted writers on following forgiveness with making amends As indispensable as forgiveness has been to the healing process throughout history, there is another equally profound action that is needed for reconciliation, which Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas Gandhi, calls "the other side of the coin." Turning over the coin of forgiveness, we discover atonement, the half-hidden, much-overlooked other half of the reconciliation process Includes 15 essays and interviews by high-profile thinkers and activist including: Huston Smith, Jacob Needleman, Arun Gandhi, and Azim Khamisa Discussed atonement as a process that can enable us to become unstuck from the past and live in the present This rich and powerful book shows how acts of atonement can relieve us of the pain of the past and give us a hopeful future"--

Foreword : atonement as a spiritual path / Huston Smith -- Preface : the next step in forgiveness and healing / Phil Cousineau -- Introduction : the revival of an ancient awareness / Richard J. Meyer -- Part I. Forgiveness and beyond -- ch. 1. Forgiveness as spiritual liberation / Michael Bernard Beckwith -- ch. 2. The wisdom of atonement / Jacob Needleman -- ch. 3. We can work it out : heart, mind, and action in the struggle for atonement / Michael N. Nagler -- ch. 4. At-one-ment : becoming whole / Diane Hennacy Powell -- ch. 5. Burying the stone : rituals and ceremonies of atonement / Kate Dahlstedt -- ch. 6. Taking the crucial step : forgiving the other and forgiving yourself / Katharine Dever -- ch. 7. A twelve-step approach to atonement / Anonymous -- Part II. Stories and atonement -- ch. 8. Memories of my grandfather : atonement the Gandhi way / Arun Gandhi -- ch. 9. Healing the wounds of war : atonement practices for veterans / Edward Tick -- ch. 10. After the death of my son : my journey of forgiveness and atonement / Azim Noordin Khamisa -- ch. 11. Ten days of atonement / Michael Lerner -- ch. 12. The Iroquois Great Law of Peace : atonement among the Haudenosaunee / Dougl…