
Forgiveness and Reintegration
How the transformative process of forgiveness impacts child soldier reintegration
Stephanie Goins(Author)
Fortress Press,U.S.
Published on 1. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
281 pages
978-1-5064-7578-3 (ISBN)
Description
Forgiveness, essential for all healthy human relations, becomes all the more critical when speaking of good reintegration for child soldiers. Children were both victims and perpetrators of horrendous crimes during Sierra Leone's ten-year civil war that ended in 2002. Many former child soldiers sought to reintegrate with their families and communities, though receptiveness on the part of families and communities was essential in order for this process to be successful. This book examines forgiveness and reintegration from psychological, theological, philosophical, and anthropological perspectives and asks if forgiveness can contribute to and facilitate reintegration for former child soldiers. Despite the magnitude of atrocities they have experienced, Sierra Leone's people have demonstrated that indeed, the transformative process of forgiveness has enabled them to live in forgiving ways for more than thirteen years.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5064-7578-3 (9781506475783)
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Having begun her career in psychology, Dr. Stephanie Goins is currently a professor, speaker, researcher and consultant on the prevention and aftercare of trafficked and exploited people. For more than 25 years, Dr. Goins has worked in program development, teaching, writing and research, focusing on issues concerning human trafficking, vulnerable children, well-being, and culture. She has spent a considerable time abroad, living and working in Africa, Europe, and the United States alongside her husband. Her doctoral work focused on processes of forgiveness as they related to reintegration for former child soldiers in Sierra Leone.