Resources on Forgiveness

Resources on Forgiveness brings together a thoughtful collection of materials shared by our advisor, Lisa Rickert. These resources were gathered by Lisa to support reflection, understanding, and a deeper relationship with forgiveness in its many forms.

Websites

The International Forgiveness Institute, www.internationalforgiveness.com

The Forgiveness Project, www.forgivnessproject.com

Journey of Hope, www.journeyofhope.org

Books

Cantacuzino, Marina, Forgiveness, An Exploration

Dalai Lama, Wisdom of Forgiveness

Enright, Robert, Forgiveness is a Choice

Enright, Robert, 8 Keys to Forgiveness

Enright, Robert, The Forgiving Life

Frankl, Viktor E., Man’s Search for Meaning

Kessler, David and Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth, On Grief and Grieving

Kessler, David, Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief

Minnow, Martha, When Should Law Forgive?

Nouwen, Henri J., The Wounded Healer

Peck, M. S., People of the Lie

Ruiz, Don Miguel, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

Tutu, Desmond and Tutu, Mpho, The Book of Forgiving

Wiesenthal, Simon, The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness

True Stories

Bonner, Barbara, Inspiring Forgiveness: Poems, Quotations, and True Stories to Help with Forgiving

Yourself and Others

Bishop, Jeanne, Change of Heart

Bishop, Jeanne, Grace from the Rubble: Two fathers’ Road to Reconciliation after the Oklahoma City

Bombing

Hunnel, Rhonda, Snake in the Grass: A memoir

Schwarzenegger Pratt, Katherine, The Gift of Forgiveness: Inspiring Stories From Those Who Have

Overcome the Unforgivable

Roe, Gary, Aftermath: Picking up the Pieces After a Suicide

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