"Contrary to conventional wisdom, McCullough contends that the desire for revenge should not be likened to a "disease" or a "poison" that makes people do terrible things to each other. Instead, he argues, natural selection created our penchant for revenge because it helped our a…
"Contrary to conventional wisdom, McCullough contends that the desire for revenge should not be likened to a "disease" or a "poison" that makes people do terrible things to each other. Instead, he argues, natural selection created our penchant for revenge because it helped our a…
<STRONG> ""With Dekker's books there is always a thought-provoking central theme. ... Part of the effectiveness of this book is in its inclusion of the reader - I felt as if I was being guided through my own thoughts, rather than someone else's words. ... I cannot recommend this…
God knows it is hard to make God boring, Stanley Hauerwas writes, but American Christians, aided and abetted by theologians, have accomplished that feat. Whatever might be said about Hauerwas--and there is plenty--no one has ever accused him of being boring, and in this book he …
Forgiveness and its moral dimensions
"What is to forgive someone? Is it primarily a change in one's emotions, in one's behavior, or something else? What is the connection between forgiveness and blaming attitudes like resentment? What is the relationship between forgiveness and free will? The essays in this book ex…
"Forgiveness and Retribution: Responding to Wrongdoing argues that ultimately, forgiveness is always the appropriate response to wrongdoing"--Provided by publisher. "Forgiveness and Retribution: Responding to Wrongdoing argues that ultimately, forgiveness is always the appropri…
Introduction -- A brief history of forgiveness -- Defining forgiveness -- Forgiveness in the face of the unforgivable -- Forgiveness and the self -- The logic of forgiveness
This book explores the psychological nature of forgiveness for both the subjective ego and what Jung called the objective psyche, or soul. Utilizing analytical, archetypal, and dialectical psychological approaches, the notion of forgiveness is traced from its archetypal and phil…