Perspectives on Forgiveness - Contrasting Approaches to Concepts of Forgiveness and Revenge

This interdisciplinary, empirical and theoretical approach to forgiveness and revenge considers the roles of truth, restitution and ritual in the promotion of forgiveness and deterrence of revenge in multiple contexts.

About the author

Susan DiVietro, PhD, is a Medical Anthropologist and Research Scientist at the Injury Prevention Center at Connecticut Children's Medical Center, a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Trinity College, and a faculty member at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Jordan Kiper is a PhD candidate at the University of Connecticut. His research centres on the naturalistic study of religion and morality, which includes ethnographic fieldwork on conflict and post-conflict justice in the Balkans and experimental research on religion and morality.

Product details

• Assisted by: Susie Divietro (Editor), Jordan Kiper (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2018
• EAN: 9789004350779
• ISBN: 978-90-04-35077-9
• No. of pages: 226
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Series: At the Interface / Probing the
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works