Forgiveness : an exploration

Cantacuzino, Marina, 1959-2023

Books

Find it!
Remove Forgiveness : an exploration from your current list Save Forgiveness : an exploration to your current list

Total copies: 3

Availability by location

Place reservation

Summary

Forgiveness is a workhorse of a word. We forgive a forgotten birthday, a debt owed, a playground scuffle. But we're also expected to use the same word and sentiment to absolve violence, criminality, trauma. Forgiveness is complicated. Some grant it to those who have done them or their loved ones great harm; some try to forgive and fail; some believe it to be damaging, to be avoided at all costs. Some forgive to set themselves free of pain, others to help perpetrators to move on and live a more meaningful life. Some have had to learn to forgive themselves. In 2004, Marina Cantacuzino founded The Forgiveness Project - an organisation dedicated to exploring forgiveness through the collection of stories. In 'Forgiveness', Cantacuzino continues that work, seeking to unpick, investigate and debate the notion of forgiveness, with personal stories at its core.