Lived Experience of Forgiveness - Phenomenological and Psychological Perspectives

This book brings together phenomenological studies of the experience of forgiveness. The contributors, from psychological, philosophical, and theological backgrounds, set aside theoretical presuppositions, approach this topic with fresh eyes, and address problematic aspects of the existing literature.

List of contents

Introduction by Steen Halling
Part 1: Forgiving the Other
Chapter 1: Shame, Vulnerability, and the Journey to Forgiveness by Milo Milburn
Chapter 2: Transformative Forgiveness: The Lived Experience of Forgiving the Unforgivable by Gabriela Mihalache
Chapter 3: 'Moving on': Wrestling with Forgiveness in Post-genocide Rwanda by Anne Kubai
Chapter 4: Forgiving and Transcendence: On the Importance of Phenomenological Inquiry by Steen Halling
Part 2: Self-Forgiveness and Self-Acceptance
Chapter 5: Self-Forgiveness: The Misunderstood and Elusive Phenomena by Steen Halling
Chapter 6: The Lived Experience of Self-forgiveness in Psychotherapy by Irene Bowman
Part 3: Dialogue with Philosophy through Experience
Chapter 7: Phenomenology of Forgiveness in Education by Peter Costello
Chapter 8: Suffering through Pain to Passage: Forgiving our Mothers and Ourselves by Claire LeBeau
Conclusion by Steen Halling

About the author

Edited by Steen Halling - Contributions by Irene Gillian Bowman; Peter Costello; Anne Kubai; Claire LeBeau; Gabriela Mihalache and Milo Milburn

Summary

This book brings together phenomenological studies of the experience of forgiveness. The contributors, from psychological, philosophical, and theological backgrounds, set aside theoretical presuppositions, approach this topic with fresh eyes, and address problematic aspects of the existing literature.

Product details

• Authors: Steen Halling
• Assisted by: Steen Halling (Editor), Halling Steen (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9781666926125
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-612-5
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; RELIGION / Counseling, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism, Religious counselling