Themes Of Forgiveness Research Articles

Book Review: Tolkien’s Faith, A Spiritual Biography

Ordway draws many comparisons between The Lord of the Rings and biblical themes or events from Tolkien’s life. For instance, she suggests that Tolkien’s experience of forgiveness which he learned from Fr Francis Morgan appears in the theme of forgiveness and mercy in The Lord of the Rings in which Frodo’s act of mercy for Gollum is repaid.

The Day the World Stopped Working

The Day the World Stopped Working

A pilot study on the link between fogivenness and big five personality traits in the Кazakhstan group

Forgiveness is an important section in interpersonal communication. The theme of forgiveness has its origins in philosophy, religion and theology. In psychology, this direction began to be studied rela- tively recently. The article provides information about the study of the phenomenon of forgiveness in Russian psy- chology and the results of a pilot study on a Kazakhstani sample. The aim of the pilot study was to explore the relationship between forgiveness and personality among young people of 18-21 years. The sample consisted of 60 participants. As research methods questionnaire “Propensities for forgiveness and attitudes towards forgiving criminals” and Five-factor personality questionnaire were used. The results showed that gender and personality are predictive aspects in occurrence of forgiveness. Of the five components of Big Five personality measures, only extraversion and compliance predicted forgiveness. There were also gender differences in consciousness and emotional stability, that were higher among girls rather than boys. Moreover, extraversion, complaisance, conscientiousness, stable stability, and openness showed different correlations between male and female young people’s assess- ments of forgiveness. The obtained data has theoretical and practical value for the study of the phenomenon of forgive- ness, as an individual construct that helps to grow, develop and set new goals in relation to life, self, and one’s partner. This suggests that future research should focus on the influence of psychological factors  on the propensity for forgiveness together with attitude towards forgiveness and explore more effective methods of influence. Key words: psychology of forgiveness, offence, repentance, interpersonal communication, moral aspect of forgiving, the forgiving, the forgiven.

Forgiveness, Locus of Control, and Perfectionism: A Mixed Method Study.

The present study aims to explain forgiveness through locus of control and perfectionism. This study has been carried out within the framework of the mixed research method in which quantitative and qualitative research approaches were dealt with together. The study group consists of the university students. In the quantitative results reveal that the external locus of control is a negatively significant explanatory factor of adaptive perfectionism and a positively significant explanatory factor of maladaptive perfectionism. Moreover, the external locus of control explains forgiveness negatively. In addition, adaptive perfectionism is the positive explanatory factor of forgiveness, and maladaptive perfectionism is the negative explanatory factor of forgiveness. In the qualitative results of the study, it is understood that the statements of most of the participants with high scores of adaptive perfectionism and internal locus of control are gathered under the theme of forgiveness, whereas the statements of those with high scores of maladaptive perfectionism and external locus of control are under the theme of unforgiveness.

Selfvergifnis – ’n Afgeskeepte area binne die pastoraat

Self-forgiveness – A neglected area within the pastorate: The scientific study of the theme of forgiveness in general, has only begun to gain momentum during the 1970s – it is thus a relatively new concept within the helping professions. Since the sub-discipline of positive psychology has also gained momentum over the past number of years, it has largely contributed to a more realistic approach to the concept of forgiveness. However, within this broad context of the development of research on the theme of forgiveness, the specific aspect of self-forgiveness did not come to fruition from the very onset and was even occasionally described as the ’stepchild’ of research on forgiveness. In this article, we focus on four of the most prominent pastoral-psychological models of self-forgiveness. Aspects that are discussed in this regard are some important definitions, the relationship between interpersonal and intrapersonal forgiveness, characteristics indicating a lack of forgiveness, factors that necessitate self-forgiveness and barriers to self-forgiveness. The basic point of departure in this article is that of a literature study regarding the theme of self-forgiveness. Particular attention is given to the approaches within the abovementioned four models, while data from other relevant sources are also incorporated. Finally, from the various models as well as supplementary literature, several strategic moments regarding the facilitation of self-forgiveness are identified. The importance and topicality of the theme of self-forgiveness, which has been ignored for quite a long period, becomes very evident from this research – for the helping professions and for the pastorate specifically.

Amor: causa ou efeito do perdão?

This article deals with the theme of forgiveness and its relationship with love and gratitude. The starting point for the development of this study will be the text Lk 7.36-50. Luke presents the story where Jesus is anointed by a sinful woman who had her sins forgiven. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the demonstration of love of a forgiven person is the cause or the effect of forgiveness. To accomplish this, the methodology used was the exegetical and theological study. The study of the following understanding: forgiveness received by Jesus creates a new and abundant love that fills and directs all life and action of the person who receives it, leading to a new relationship with God and with one another. In addition, forgiveness generates gratitude towards the one who released the forgiveness, which is gratitude manifested through attitudes of affection, admiration and voluntary service.

Forgiveness as a Possibility: The Approaches of H. Arendt and P. Ricoeur

The theme of forgiveness unites H. Arendt’s and P. Ricoeur’s different philosophical interests. Both thinkers analyze this phenomenon in the context of the Avraama-Christian tradition of forgiveness, and ask the question concerning the opportunity of forgiveness in common life. This article gives the reasons for Ricoeur’s references to Arendt’s concept of forgiveness. It puts forward the idea that the rethinking of natality is a basis of Ricoeur’s concept of “forgiveness for us”. This article describes both the continuity and disagreement in Ricoeur’s and Arendt’s approaches to the issue of forgiveness. If Arendt conceptualizes forgiveness in terms of act, Ricoeur examines this phenomenon from the perspective of selfhood. For Arendt, forgiveness is not a typical action, but an event breaking the causal structure of common being. For her, forgiveness is some exception from the public space necessary for its own existence. Ricoeur proposes to consider forgiveness as a constant of common being. He analyzes forgiveness as a difficult act, but always possible “incognito”. Despite these differences, Arendt’s notion of natality becomes the decisive category for Ricoeur in justifying the constant of forgiveness. In introducing the condition of the separation between agent and act, he recognizes natality as a cause of the possible update of a guilty selfhood. This article assumes that Ricoeur’s appeal to Arendt helps him to formulate his own concept of forgiveness based on the review of the principles of the Avraamic tradition and its reception in Derrida’s philosophy. Thanks to Arendt, the place of forgiveness in Ricoeur’s theory as an “experience of the impossible” takes the difficult, but always possible, “incognito” forgiveness.

How Religion Promotes Forgiveness: The Case of Turkish Muslims

Due to developments in positive psychology, the theme of forgiveness has increasingly been observed in psychological studies in recent years. Forgiveness has now become one of positive psychology's favourite topics. It is conceived as an element of religiosity and hence studies focus on the relation between forgiveness and religiosity. This study is carried out to determine the relation between the propensity to forgive and socio-demographic variables (gender and age) and religiosity in the case of the Turkish-Muslim sample. Furthermore, this article aims to describe the relation between forgiveness, humility and pride. In order to investigate these relations, the Interpersonal Forgiveness Scale and Brief Islamic Religiosity Measure have been developed and applied to a sample of 321 people from different parts of Istanbul, Turkey. The findings show that religiosity is positively related to the propensity to forgive and negatively related to feelings of revenge. Furthermore, forgiveness is correlated positively with humility and negatively with pride.

Reparation, forgiveness, and redemption in a Sukkoth parable: Movie review of Ushpizin

The Israeli film, Ushpizin (2004), has met with local and international critical acclaim. Despite its ultra-Judaic content, it remains popular with a wide audience. The story of an impoverished Hasidic couple who achieve their dreams as a result of Divine intervention (or a random directorial plot twist) captures the emotions of its viewers, irrespective of their religious leanings. The tale revolves around Jewish, Hassidic, and Kabbalistic symbols of Sukkoth (the Feast of Tabernacles), the Biblically inspired fall harvest festival. The unique rituals of the holiday, especially the custom of hosting ushpizin (honored guests), are used to subtly, yet powerfully, convey feelings accompanying personal and historical generativity and development. Kabbalistic and psychoanalytic ideas, remarkably similar despite the longstanding tensions between the two doctrines, coincide to explicate a central theme of forgiveness and reparation. These approaches together yield a more cogent understanding of the film's characters, plot, message, and, ultimately, universal appeal.

The pragmatics of forgiveness: judgments of apologies in the Israeli political arena

Although the theme of forgiveness has been studied extensively in various fields of humanities and social science, it has thus far been neglected by discourse scholars. Drawing on data from the Israeli political discourse between 1997 and 2004, this article analyzes the ways in which apologies are interpreted and judged by political actors as members of a distinctive interpretive community. The findings show that although realized infelicitously, most of the apologies made by Israeli political figures were accepted by the offended parties or their representatives. One explanation for this finding is that the traditional felicity conditions are replaced in the political arena by the `embarrassment condition', that is, the extent to which the gesture is perceived by the forgiver as threatening the apologizer's political image. Other reasons to forgive are less dependent on the judgment of the linguistic performance than on the various interests on the part of the forgiver. In cases in which the interest of the offended party is to detract from the symbolic power of his/her rival, even a full and humble apology may be refused. Inversely, even an incomplete form may be accepted if the offended is motivated to forgive. These findings are in line with Mills' argument regarding the total dependency of the apology on the way in which it is judged by its recipient.

Mistik Lake (review)

Reviewed by: Mistik Lake Karen Coats Brooks, Martha Mistik Lake. Kroupa/Farrar, 2007209 p ISBN 978-0-374-34985-1$16.00 Ad Gr. 7-10 Odella is fifteen when her mother leaves the family, running away to Iceland with a filmmaker. Before Odella and her sisters can forgive her, she dies in a tragic accident, leaving the family with haunted memories and unsettled emotions. As Odella struggles to find her way without her mother, and without her beloved great-aunt, who also seems to have distanced herself from the family at the time when they need her most, she finds herself making mistakes similar to the other women in her life: turning to sex when she needs love, and emotionally icing over. Jimmy, a boy with ties to her family's past, helps her begin to thaw, and she eventually discovers the love she needs to put her ghosts to rest. Perspectives alternate among Odella, who narrates her own section, and Aunt Gloria and Jimmy, the focalizers of third-person narration, but the level of intimacy is inconsistent, with Jimmy's sections noticeably less involving than the other two. An early balance between Odella's coming of age and Aunt Gloria's discovery of her own sexuality is broken as well, making this decidedly Odella's story by the second section as Gloria all but disappears, and the stories ultimately aren't effectively complementary. However, the intertwining of small-town lives and destinies is poetically conceived and thoughtfully rendered, as is the graceful acceptance that people show for "forbidden" loves: Gloria's great-nieces accept her female lover without a blink, and the secrets of Odella's mother's various infidelities result in the expansion of her family rather than its destruction. Moranville's The Snows (reviewed below) is a better look at intergenerational issues, legacies, and identity, but the themes of forgiveness and understanding as key elements for familial happiness may resonate strongly with many readers. Copyright © 2007 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Three Anointings and One offering: The Sinful Woman in Luke 7.36-50

AbstractThe story of a woman pouring oil on Jesus' feet or head is attested in all four canonical gospels. While some see the Lukan version pointing to an event that is different from the `Bethany' anointing found in the other three gospels, I argue that all four accounts are based on the same event. The differences in Luke's narrative, instead, can be accounted for by seeing the pouring of oil in Luke as symbol of a sacrificial offering rather than an anointing. Understanding this symbolic act as an offering/sacrifice fits Luke's theme of forgiveness, which is evident in this passage and many others. Moreover, it shows how Luke's gospel moves his readers from a Jewish, male, temple-based religion at the beginning of Jesus' ministry to a Jewish and Gentile, male and female, Spirit-based religion that culminates at Pentecost. Such a reading may also provide clues about the relationships among the Spirit, forgiveness and worship in Luke's gospel.

Une clémence inattendue: La thématique du pardon dans "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" de Stephanie et Mozart

This paper brings to light the essential role played by the theme of forgiveness in Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Singspiel created in Vienna in 1782). Several authors have already noted the recurrence of this theme in Mozart's operas, but nobody has yet done a systematical study of it. The one proposed here combines literary and musical analysis, confronting the presentation of the theme of forgiveness in the libretto and general structure of Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail to the two contemporary operas on which it was modelled, Bretzner's Belmont und Constance oder Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Berlin 1781) and Gluck's La Rencontre imprevue ou Les Pelerins de La Mecque (Vienna 1764). It emerges from this study that Mozart's Singspiel is the only one attaching to forgiveness a central dramatic role. This is confirmed by a musical analysis of excerpts from Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, that shows how Mozart musically underlines the passages in which forgiveness plays an important role. Reflecting on the conventions of seria and buffa opera, the conclusion is a first attempt to trace the sources of the peculiar development of this theme in Mozart's Oeuvre.

‘Living in Hope’: an Interview with Nadine Gordimer

Sue Kossew spoke to Nadine Gordimer in her home in Johannesburg on 25 January 2001. Nadine Gordimer is the only South African writer to have won a Nobel Prize for Literature. She has been a lifelong fighter for human rights and has championed the cause of political and personal freedom in her native South Africa and abroad. This political dimension has always informed her fiction but, in her Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, she stated that ‘nothing factual I write or say will be as truthful as my fiction’. Her 1998 novel, The House Gun, like other recent novels written by her contemporary novelists, André Brink and J.M. Coetzee, engages with the issue of violence and crime in post-apartheid South Africa as well as with the theme of forgiveness and reconciliation. Her collection of essays, Living in Hope and History, emphasises the need for writers to ‘ask difficult questions’ (quoting Salman Rushdie). Despite the caveat in her Nobel Prize speech, I was interested to find out how Nadine Gordimer was responding to the changes in South Africa since the democratic elections of April 1994.

The Theme of Forgiveness in the Plot and Subplot of "A Woman Killed with Kindness"

Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Theme of Forgiveness in the Plot and Subplot of "A Woman Killed with Kindness"JOHN CANUTESONJOHN CANUTESON Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Renaissance Drama Volume 21969Essays Principally on Dramatic Theory and Form Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/rd.2.41917041 Views: 26Total views on this site Citations: 5Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright © 1969 Northwestern University PressPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Erin Miller, James H. Forse The Failure to Be a “Goode Husbande” in Thomas Heywood's Edward IV (Parts I/II) and A Woman Killed with Kindness, Ben Jonson Journal 18, no.22 (Nov 2011): 254–273.https://doi.org/10.3366/bjj.2011.0026Ronald Huebert One Wench between Them: Thomas Heywood, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, (Jan 2003): 86–106.https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230503168_5 Paula McQuade "A Labyrinth of Sin": Marriage and Moral Capacity in Thomas Heywood's "A Woman Killed with Kindness", Modern Philology 98, no.22 (Oct 2015): 231–250.https://doi.org/10.1086/492962Rebecca Ann Bach The Homosocial imaginary of a woman killed with kindness, Textual Practice 12, no.33 (Dec 1998): 503–524.https://doi.org/10.1080/09502369808582321David Atkinson An approach to the main plot of Thomas Heywood's a woman killed with kindness, English Studies 70, no.11 (Feb 1989): 15–27.https://doi.org/10.1080/00138388908598611