1. The Psychology of Forgiveness: History, Conceptual Issues,
and Overview, Michael E. McCullough, Kenneth I. Pargament, and Carl
E. Thoresen
I. Conceptual and Measurement Issues
2.Religious Perspectives on Forgiveness, Mark S. Rye, Kenneth I.
Pargament, M. Amir Ali, Guy L. Beck, Elliot N. Dorff, Charles
Hallisey, Vasudha Narayanan, and James G. Williams
3.The Meaning of Forgiveness in a Specific Situational and Cultural
Context: Persons Living with HIV/AIDS in India, Lydia R. Temoshok
and Prabha S. Chandra
4. What We Know (and Need to Know) about Assessing Forgiveness
Constructs, Michael E. McCullough, K. Chris Rachal, and William T.
Hoyt
II. Basic Psychological Research
5. The Neuropsychological Correlates of Forgiveness, Andrew B.
Newberg, Eugene G. d'Aquili, Stephanie K. Newberg, and Verushka
deMarici
6. Developmental and Cognitive Points of View on Forgiveness,
Etienne Mullet and Michele Girard
7. Expressing Forgiveness and Repentance: Benefits and Barriers,
Julie Juola Exline and Roy F. Baumeister
8. Personality and Forgiveness, Robert A. Emmons
III. Applications in Counseling, Psychotherapy, and Health
9. Forgiveness as a Process of Change in Individual Psychotherapy,
Wanda M. Malcolm and Leslie S. Greenberg
10. The Use of Forgiveness in Marital Therapy, Kristina Coop
Gordon, Donald H. Baucom, and Douglas K. Snyder
11. Group Interventions to Promote Forgiveness: What Researchers
and Clinicians Ought to Know, Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Steven
J. Sandage, and Jack W. Berry
12. Forgiveness and Health: An Unanswered Question, Carl E.
Thoresen, Alex H. S. Harris, and Frederic Luskin
13. Forgiveness in Pastoral Care and Counseling, John Patton
IV. Conclusion
14. The Frontier of Forgiveness: Seven Directions for Psychological
Study and Practice, Kenneth I. Pargament, Michael E. McCullough,
and Carl E. Thoresen
Michael E. McCullough, PhD, is Director of Research at the
National Institute for Healthcare Research in Rockville, Maryland.
The author or coauthor of two previous books, Dr. McCullough
investigates forgiveness, the association of religion and
spirituality with physical and mental health, and the influence of
religion and spirituality on counseling, psychotherapy, and care at
the end of life.
Kenneth I. Pargament, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Bowling
Green State University, where he is also Director of Clinical
Training of the clinical psychology PhD program. He has published
extensively in the psychology of religion, stress, and coping, and
is the author of The Psychology of Religion and Coping.
Carl E. Thoresen, PhD, is Professor of Education, Psychology, and
Psychiatry/Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. His research
interests involve assessment and management of the Type A behavior
pattern, greater methodological diversity in behavioral
health/medicine research, and the role of spiritual and religious
factors in health, broadly defined. He is the author of 7 books and
over 150 articles and book chapters.
After decades of neglect, forgiveness has emerged as a 'hot topic'
in psychology, with exciting new developments on many fronts.
Forgiveness: Theory, Research, and Practice provides a
state-of-the-art compendium of what we know about forgiveness as we
enter the new millennium. Scholarly and eminently readable, this
book should be of broad interest to theologians and anyone else
concerned with the painful consequences of
non-forgiveness--estrangement, divorce, racial conflict, and
international war, to name just a few. --June Tangney, PhD, George
Mason University
This is a volume of impressive scope and scholarship. The chapters
are clear and authoritative, and together they adopt a range of
perspectives--historical, religious, interpersonal, spiritual,
cultural, and clinical, to name but a few--that provide readers
with a glimpse of how complex and fascinating the topic of
forgiveness can be. McCullough, Pargament, and Thoresen have
produced an immensely satisfying book that lays the foundation for
a new interdisciplinary field of inquiry. Consequently, this book
is an ideal point of departure for anyone seeking an introduction
to contemporary research and thinking on forgiveness, and an ideal
reference for those seeking a comprehensive analysis of this
domain. --Thomas Bradbury, PhD, Department of Psychology,
University of California, Los Angeles
Forgiveness has the potential for being one of the key issues of
the 21st century. If you want the most up-to-date, thorough, and
scholarly treatment of this important topic, then this volume is
for you. A multifaceted gem, the book sends beams of insight in
every direction. Readers across a range of psychological
disciplines not only will gain an understanding of forgiveness,
they will also find a wealth of ideas to stimulate their own
thinking and research. --C. R. Snyder, PhD, Professor and Director,
Clinical Psychology Program, University of Kansas
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