The book of forgiving : the fourfold path for healing ourselves and our world

by Desmond Tutu

Other authorsDouglas Carlton Abrams (Editor), Mpho Tutu (Author)
Paperback, 2014

Publication

Imprint: New York, New York : HarperOne, [2014]. Responsibility: Desmond Tutu and Mpho A. Tutu ; edited by Douglas C. Abrams. OCLC Number: 858749393. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 229 pages ; 22 cm. Features: Includes notes.

Call number

Love / Tutu

Barcode

BK-07967

ISBN

9780062203571

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Engaged Practices

Tags

Christianity, Christianity - Protestant, spiritual practice, practice - precepts ethics and virtues, practice - compassion and lovingkindness, precepts and virtues - forgiveness, intended audience - adult

CSS Library Notes

Description: "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: How do I forgive? 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.'"--

Table of Contents: Introduction: into wholeness --
Part One: Understanding forgiveness. Why forgive? ; What forgiveness is not ; Understanding the fourfold path --
Part Two: The fourfold path. Telling the story ; Naming the hurt ; Granting forgiveness ; Renewing or releasing the relationship --
Part Three: all can be forgiven. Needing forgiveness ; Forgiving yourself ; A world of forgiveness.

FY2018 /

Physical description

229 p.; 21 cm

Description

"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.'"--… (more)

Language

English

Original language

English

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LibraryThing member vpfluke
This is a book written by the Archbishop of Capetown, and tells more of the story of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, plus the story of Mpho (Desmonds daughter) whose housekeeper was killed in a gruesome murder. I did persuade our church to read this book on the Wednesdays
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 after Easter (2019). A fourfold path is laid out for asking forgiveness:
1. Telling the Story.(the physical story)
2. Naming the Hurt.(the emotional aspect)
3. Granting Forgiveness (the hard part of clearing the burden
4. Renewing or Releasing the Relationship (determining the future).
This book also talks about needing forgiveness (where you did the deed) and another chapter finding the ability to forgive yourself.
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LibraryThing member rlf06153
Someone gave me this book at a time when I really needed to forgive another person. I wasn't ready to read it at the time, but I find that now -- six years later -- I value the insights and advice the book has to offer. Written by Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter,
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 Mpho, the book has plenty of narrative but also journaling exercises and rituals that can be helpful in "letting go" of injuries and ruptures in relationship caused by others -- or ourselves.

Audience: Those who struggle with forgiveness will benefit from reading this book and performing the exercises it proposes. Fans of the writing and life's work of Desmond Tutu will receive deeper insight into the thinking and practices of this great spiritual exemplar.
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LibraryThing member JRobinW
This is a powerful book. I appreciate the honesty in the book and their willingness to say that forgiveness is hard. This book takes time, and while when they read it quickly, you can't do the work quickly.

Subjects

Forgiveness

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(17 ratings; 4.2)

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