Forgiveness and Abuse
Subtitle: Jewish and Christian Reflections
Contributors: Marie M. Fortune (Editor); Joretta L. Marshall (Editor)
Publisher: Haworth Pastoral Press
Published: April 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780789022516
Subjects: Christianity; Religion - Pastoral Care / Counseling; Counseling; Religion; Offenses against the person; Forgiveness; Abuse - General; Comparative Religion; Religious aspects; Christianity - General; Judaism
First sentence: SUMMARY. Forgiveness, a beautiful, virtuous and honorable theological concept has, at times, been a stumbling block to healing and justice for victims, and has colluded, albeit unintentionally, in perpetuating the scars of violence and creating a few of its own.