tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823028754153829159.post6292368210090623646..comments2024-01-19T20:36:22.060+10:00Comments on soli deo gloria: Yearning for forgiveness, redemption, and justiceRoss H. McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823028754153829159.post-38996149391485791052017-04-19T12:12:12.346+10:002017-04-19T12:12:12.346+10:00Thanks for the comment.
Some research has been do...Thanks for the comment.<br /><br />Some research has been done at Stanford<br /><br />http://learningtoforgive.com/about/<br /><br />There has also been work by the Harvard Law School Dean<br /><br />http://www.law.uchicago.edu/audio/martha-minow-forgiveness-law-and-justiceRoss H. McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823028754153829159.post-19541204465056043462017-04-04T03:51:43.938+10:002017-04-04T03:51:43.938+10:00Regarding the quote in bold font: in my mind the c...Regarding the quote in bold font: in my mind the concept of forgiveness was broader than only religious. This should offer a way out - a path from ... to... .<br /><br />Asking for forgiveness when experiencing guilt, and (quite importantly and often falling by the wayside...) accepting forgivenes when it is extended should offer a path from guilt to "freedom" (of guilt) - regardless of whether this is done in the context of religion.<br /><br />Maybe in the secular world that is even easier because one does not need God to extend forgiveness, circumventing the issues of how to know what (or if) God answers if one asks something such as forgiveness. <br />(Maybe this is also related to my remark about accepting forgiveness; "knowing" that he will extend forgiveness through Jesus does not make it feel like being forgiven...)<br /><br />Obviously my first and second paragraph are an idealized description because it is based on individual bilateral interaction. I do not know how to implement this concept in group (-dynamics). And that is indeed what David Brooks is alluding to. <br />Could be an interesting sociology/group psychology research project: forgiveness in groups/society/...<br />pcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03647766316634749128noreply@blogger.com