Forgiving and Not Forgiving:: Why Sometimes It's Better Not to Forgive - Softcover

Safer, Jeanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380794713 ISBN 13: 9780380794713

Verlag: Harper Perennial, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

In our culture the belief that "To err is human, to forgive divine," is so prevalent that few of us question its wisdom. But do we ever completely forgive those who have betrayed us? Aren't some actions unforgivable? Can we achieve closure and healing without forgiving? Drawing on more than two decades of work as a practicing psychotherapist, more than fifty indepth interviews, and sterling research into the concept of forgiveness in our society, Dr. Jeanne Safer challenges popular opinion with her own searching answers to these and other questions. The result is a penetrating look at what is often a lonely, and perhaps unnecessary, struggle to forgive those who have hurt us the most and an illuminating examination of how to determine whether forgiveness is, indeed, the best path to take-and why, often, it is not.

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"A useful, intellectually and rhetorically nuanced work."--"Kirkus Reviews"A wonderfully readable book...nuggets of wisdom to be found on every page."--Maggie Scarf

Reseña del editor

A practicing psychotherapist challenges conventional wisdom about the subject of forgiveness, drawing on personal experience and interviews with others as she addresses such questions as Is forgiving always appropriate? and Can closure and healing exist without forgiveness? Reprint.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Harper Perennial
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0380794713
• ISBN 13: 9780380794713
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
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