The Book of Forgiving
The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World
Published on 27. March 2014
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-00-751287-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Book of Forgiving, written together by the Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and his daughter Revd Mpho Tutu, offers a deeply personal testament and guide to the process of forgiveness.
All of us have at times needed both to forgive and be forgiven - whether small, everyday harms or real traumas. But the path to forgiveness is not easy, and the process unclear. How do we let go of resentment when we have been harmed, at times irreparably? How do we forgive and still pursue justice? How do we heal our hearts? How do we heal the harm we have caused others? And how do we forgive ourselves?
Drawing on his memories of reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, together with his daughter, Revd Mpho Tutu, herself an experienced teacher and preacher, offers four concrete steps along the path to forgiving and being forgiven.
Each chapter contains reflections and personal stories, as well as exercises for practising each step of the path. The Book of Forgiving is a touchstone and tool for anyone seeking the freedom of forgiveness: an inspiring guide to healing ourselves and creating a more united world.
All of us have at times needed both to forgive and be forgiven - whether small, everyday harms or real traumas. But the path to forgiveness is not easy, and the process unclear. How do we let go of resentment when we have been harmed, at times irreparably? How do we forgive and still pursue justice? How do we heal our hearts? How do we heal the harm we have caused others? And how do we forgive ourselves?
Drawing on his memories of reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, together with his daughter, Revd Mpho Tutu, herself an experienced teacher and preacher, offers four concrete steps along the path to forgiving and being forgiven.
Each chapter contains reflections and personal stories, as well as exercises for practising each step of the path. The Book of Forgiving is a touchstone and tool for anyone seeking the freedom of forgiveness: an inspiring guide to healing ourselves and creating a more united world.
Reviews / Votes
'I am lost for words to express my appreciation for this book. With considerable courage the authors recall the hurts they and others have suffered and how, in the face of dreadful wrongs,forgiveness has proved to be truly healing.' - Terry Waite`Desmond and Mpho Tutu have been very practical and generous in writing this book. Drawing on an experience of suffering and forgiveness which no-one would wish to endure, they make a loving gift of it to make forgiving easier for their readers, who should be many - for the need to forgive is as basic to our humanity and the future of our species as eating and breathing.' - Diarmaid McCullough
`Bishop Tutu and his daughter Mpho reveal groundbreaking insights as to how to acknowledge and resolve our lifelong burdens of anguish and pain towards a new paradigm of transformative healing.' - Annie Lennox
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
370 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-751287-4 (9780007512874)
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu | Rev Mpho Tutu
The Book of Forgiving
The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World
E-Book
03/2014
1st Edition
William Collins
€6.79
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Persons
Desmond M. Tutu is the Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, and became a prominent leader in the crusade for justice and racial conciliation in South Africa, his extraordinary contributions becoming a crucial component in the transition to a free democracy in South Africa and earning him a Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.
The Rev. Mpho A. Tutu, an episcopal priest, is the executive director of the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation. An experienced preacher, teacher and public speaker, Rev. Tutu holds a Master of Divinity degree from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA. Rev.
The Rev. Mpho A. Tutu, an episcopal priest, is the executive director of the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation. An experienced preacher, teacher and public speaker, Rev. Tutu holds a Master of Divinity degree from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA. Rev.