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Forgiveness and Reconciliation:  Psychological Pathways to Conflict Transformation and Peace Building (August 2009, Springer).

 

Ani Kalayjian and Raymond F. Paloutzian, Editors

 

Anger, hatred, resentment, grudges—when the products of conflict smolder for years, decades, or centuries, the idea of peace may seem elusive and unrealistic. At the same time, people and societies need to move beyond these negative traumatic effects so they can heal. Forgiveness and Reconciliation explores in depth two different yet essential components of this peace-building process.
 

 

Outline of Book Contents:

Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives

Chapter

1.         Introduction:  Issues and Themes in Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Raymond F. Paloutzian and Ani Kalayjian

2.         A Systemic Framework for Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Peace:

            Interconnecting Psychological and Social Processes

Robert Massey and Khawla Abu-Baker

3.         Forgiveness and Relational Ethics: The Perspective of the Contextual Therapist

Catherine Ducommun-Nagy

4.         The Psychology of Forgiveness in the World Religions

Charles Farhadian and Robert Emmons

5.         The Bullet and its Meaning: Forgiveness, Nonforgiveness, and their Confrontation

Raymond F. Paloutzian

Part 2:  Individual and Interpersonal Levels

6.         Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Essential to Sustaining Human Development

Sharon Davis Massey

7.         Art and Meaning: ARTiculation© as a Modality in Processing Forgiveness and Peace Consciousness

Hagitte Gal-Ed

8.         Promoting Forgiveness Through Restorative Conferencing

Augustine Nwoye

9.         Guilt, Responsibility, and Forgiveness: Lessons from Lifers in Prison

Dan Booth Cohen

Part 3: Intergroup, Societal, and International Levels

10.       A Black Social Psychologist’s Perspective on Racial Forgiveness

Ansley W. LaMar

11.       Rwanda: Repentance and Forgiveness -- Pillars of Genuine Reconciliation

Antoine Rutayisire

12.       Darfur: Efforts to Forgive and Reconcile in an Unresolved Conflict

Suliman A Giddo

13.       India and Pakistan on the Brink: Considerations for Truth, Reconciliation, and Forgiveness

Andrae´ L. Brown, Rhea Almeida, Anita Dharapuram, Asma Warsi Choudry, Lisa Dressner, and Pilar Hernández

14.       Forgiveness in the Context of the Armenian Experience

Viken Yacoubian

15.       Forgiveness in Spite of Denial, Revisionism, and Injustice

Ani Kalayjian

16.       Reconciliation and Forgiveness in Divided Societies:  A Path of Courage,

Compassion, and Commitment

Paula Green

17.       Dialogue, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation

Barbara S. Tint