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Article Excerpt
Worthington, E.L., Jr. (2006).
Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Theory and Application. NY: Routledge. Hardcover. 307pp. $39.95. ISBN: 1-58391-333-5.
Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Ph.D. is a psychologist, author, and professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has published numerous books and articles on forgiveness and reconciliation.
Barely into the preface, Worthington grabs our attention as he writes, "on January 2, 1996 ... I encountered the most difficult transgression I ever had to wrestle with (x)." His account of a horrendous personal tragedy, the murder of his mother, adds an important dimension of depth to this scholarly treatise. Preceding the personal narrative, Worthington states his purpose as describing a theory of forgiveness. Initially, he suggests a metatheory that will incorporate research from biological, psychological, and other perspectives. He narrows the scope of his enterprise to a forgiveness model based on Richard Lazarus' stress-and-coping theory. I noted that he did not use the word reconciliation in the overview. Although, Worthington does address reconciliation,...
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