1st Edition
A Psychological Inquiry into the Meaning and Concept of Forgiveness
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A BRIEF HISTORY OF FORGIVENESS
Chapter 3: DEFINING FORGIVENESS
Chapter 4: FORGIVENESS IN THE FACE OF THE UNFORGIVABLE
Chapter 5: FORGIVENESS AND THE SELF
Chapter 6: THE LOGIC OF FORGIVENESS
INDEX
Biography
Jennifer M. Sandoval is a practicing psychologist in southern California, USA.
"Counselors with an interest in religious/spiritual issues or in Jungian psychoanalysis will benefit from this book, as will readers of the psychology or philosophy of religion. The author refers to a wide range of psychoanalytic thinkers (C. Jung, M-L. von Franz, J. Hillman, and W. Giegerich) and philosophers (J. Derrida and S. Zizek). With the author favoring a philosophical approach over a social science one, the reader is not faced with statistics and studies to back claims, but philosophical and Jewish or Christian perspectives. The author thus follows the Jungian tendency to regard psychology as the work of the soul, something more qualitative and poetic than quantitative.
(...)Much of Sandoval’s discussion is a helpful summary of analytical psychology, including some of the more fascinating and popularized aspects, such as the shadow and projection. Forgiveness provides fertile ground for these aspects of Jung’s teachings. Sandoval shows why Jungian psychology has had such staying power: it faithfully describes human nature, including from a religious stand- point, despite its theological shortcomings. "- Brian Welter, D.Th. (University of South Africa), Freelance writer, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling
