Further Resources on Forgiveness

Shults, F. LeRon, and Steven J. Sandage. 2003. The Faces of Forgiveness: Searching for Wholeness and Salvation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. An introduction to the connections between Christian theology and psychological approaches to forgiveness.

Tutu, Desmond. 1999. No Future Without Forgiveness. New York: Doubleday. A memoir by the chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which responded to the offenses of apartheid.
  Volf, Miroslav. 2005. Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. An exploration of forgiveness from a Christian theologian who connects human forgiveness to God’s graciousness.

Wiesenthal, Simon. 1997. The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness. Rev. ed. New York: Schocken Books. A true story of a Nazi’s plea for forgiveness to a Jewish prisoner, with subsequent reflections on the prisoner’s silent response.

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