The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World - Softcover
All of us have at times needed both to forgive and be forgiven whether small, everyday harms or real traumas but the path to forgiveness is not easy and the process unclear. How do we let go of resentment when we have been harmed, at times irreparably? how do we forgive and still pursue justice? how do we heal our hearts? how do we heal the harm we have caused others and how do we forgive ourselves?drawing on his memories of reconciliation in post-apartheid south africa, archbishop desmond tutu, together with his daughter, revd mpho tutu, herself an experienced teacher and preacher, offers four concrete steps along the path to forgiving and being forgiven. Each chapter contains reflections and personal stories, as well as exercises for practicing each step of the path. The book of forgiving is a touchstoneand tool for anyone seeking the freedom of forgiveness: an inspiring guide to healing ourselves and creating a more united world.
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How do I forgive?
Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has witnessed some of the worst crimes people can inflict on others. So wherever he goes, he inevitably gets asked this question. This book is his answer. Writing with his daughter, Mpho, an Anglican priest, they lay out the simple but profound truths about the significance of forgiveness, how it works, why everyone needs to know how to grant it and receive it, and why granting forgiveness is the greatest gift we can give to ourselves when we have been wronged.
They explain the four-step process of forgiveness—Telling the Story, Naming the Hurt, Granting Forgiveness, and Renewing or Releasing the Relationship—as well as offer meditations, exercises, and prayers to guide the reader along the way.
"With each act of forgiveness, whether small or great, we move toward wholeness," they write. "Forgiveness is how we bring peace to ourselves and our world."
Desmond Mpilo Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. In 1986 he was elected archbishop of Cape Town, the highest position in the Anglican Church in South Africa. In 1994, after the end of apartheid and the election of Nelson Mandela, Tutu was appointed as chair of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate apartheid-era crimes. His policy of forgiveness and reconciliation has become an international example of conflict resolution and a trusted method of postconflict reconstruction. He is currently the chair of the Elders, where he gives vocal defense of human rights and campaigns for the oppressed.
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- PublisherHARPER COLLINS INDIA
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0007565186
- ISBN 13 9780007565184
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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