The book of forgiving : the fourfold path for healing ourselves and our world

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Label

The book of forgiving : the fourfold path for healing ourselves and our world

Title remainder

the fourfold path for healing ourselves and our world

Statement of responsibility

Desmond M. Tutu and Mpho A. Tutu ; edited by Douglas C. Abrams

Creator

• Tutu, Desmond

Contributor

• Tutu, Mpho A.
• Abrams, Douglas Carlton

Author

• Tutu, Desmond
• Tutu, Mpho A.

Editor of compilation

• Abrams, Douglas Carlton

Subject

• Forgiveness

Language

eng

Summary

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Chair of The Elders, and Chair of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, along with his daughter, the Reverend Mpho Tutu, offer a manual on the art of forgiveness-helping us to realize that we are all capable of healing and transformation.Tutu's role as the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission taught him much about forgiveness. If you asked anyone what they thought was going to happen to South Africa after apartheid, almost universally it was predicted that the country would be devastated by a comprehensive bloodbath. Yet, instead of revenge and retribution, this new nation chose to tread the difficult path of confession, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Each of us has a deep need to forgive and to be forgiven. After much reflection on the process of forgiveness, Tutu has seen that there are four important steps to healing: Admitting the wrong and acknowledging the harm; Telling one's story and witnessing the anguish; Asking for forgiveness and granting forgiveness; and renewing or releasing the relationship. Forgiveness is hard work. Sometimes it even feels like an impossible task. But it is only through walking this fourfold path that Tutu says we can free ourselves of the endless and unyielding cycle of pain and retribution. 'The Book of Forgiving' is both a touchstone and a tool, offering Tutu's wise advice and showing the way to experience forgiveness. Ultimately, forgiving is the only means we have to heal ourselves and our aching world

Cataloging source

DLC

Citation location within source

• February 15, 2014
• January 20, 2014
• February 15, 2014

Citation source

• Library Journal
• Publishers Weekly
• Kirkus Reviews
• Publishers Weekly Starred Reviews

Dewey number

179/.9

Index

no index present

LC call number

BJ1476

LC item number

.T88 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography