Provides a synthesis of the literature on forgiveness in relationships, with emphasis on the central role of interpersonal communication. This work define forgiveness as a communication process which allows partners to confront relational wrong doing, manage emotional responses, forgo legitimate claims to revenge, and repair the relationship.
Communicating Forgiveness is the first book to take a truly communicative look at the process of forgiveness. Authors Vincent R. Waldron and Douglas L. Kelley provide a synthesis of the literature on forgiveness in relationships. Grounded in real-life forgiveness narratives, this interdisciplinary text (pulling from such related fields as psychology, counseling, family studies, peace studies, conflict management, religious studies, and organizational behavior) offers a hopeful framework for negotiating healthy and just responses to relational disappointments.
