Forgiveness Article Reviews Samples For Students

Summary of the Article

The article generally speaks of the reality of forgiveness and what it brings to other people in an individual and group basis. It begins with the realization that, according to studies, forgiveness interventions results in decreased anxiety, depression, and anger, and in increased self-esteem, hope, and positive affect (Magnuson & Enright, 2008). These factors show that forgiveness can provide beneficial impacts upon society at large.
The model for forgiveness intervention by Enright and Worthington were first implemented in educational institutions as a social scientific work. However, an emphasis was given on the fact that forgiveness first finds its shape in ...

Response to Wolfers’s and Webley’s Articles

An online petition about forgiving student loan debt for all Americans has since received/raised nearly 300,000 signatures. The people who came up with this idea and those who approve of it believe that student loan debt forgiveness will have an immediate simulative effect on America’s economy. While many people signed to endorse the policy of forgiving student loan debt, some people have a different opinion about it. For example, journalist Kayla Webley and economist Justin Wolfers are among the few who have made their voice herd on this matter. Although both Webley and Wolfers think student loan forgiveness ...

Forgiveness refers to the act of setting free any need to get back at someone who caused pain and affliction to another or the need to release negative thoughts of resentment and bitterness.This paper focuses on Chapter 8 of the book “Forgiveness and Reconciliation” by Hemlick and Peterson. The primary objective of this paper is to present the case of Korea and how forgiveness prevailed.
For 50 years, villagers in South Korea claimed that during the early part of the Korean War, some American soldiers took out their weapon and fired their machine guns leaving many helpless civilians ...

Summary of the article

Studies indicate that forgiveness intercessions decrease depression, anxiety and anger. It however escalates hope, positive affect and self-esteem. Holistic psycho-education proposes the forgiving Communities as the best strategy to enforce the spirit of forgiveness and understanding. It targets the church, family and the school. These facets are closely related and the success of one largely depends on the success of the other(s). The church is intended to enhance and propagate the spirit of forgiveness. Despite being of different levels, forgiveness is part of the congregation’s expectation in any church. The forgiveness culture should be cultivated in an ...

Orathinkal in conjunction with Burggraeave and Vansteenwegen composed the article. Forgiveness is presently a subject of enormous interest to psychologists. The authors define terms related to forgiveness that are exoneration, justification, mercy, excuse, and reconciliation. They are beneficial both to the counselor and to the client in that their understanding helps in promoting forgiveness. Through forgiveness, broken relationships can be amended. The purpose was first to view how the participants interviewed viewed forgiveness. The researchers also wanted to observe if the existent of a relationship between forgiveness perception and actual forgiveness.

Critique of results and discussion

The results of the first part of the study showed ...

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Because of the prevalence of spousal emotional abuse, especially on women, it is considered as a significant societal problem that must be faced. According to several researchers, such as Dutton, Painter, Sackett and Saunders, psychological abuse leads to “serious negative psychological outcomes for the abused partner” (as cited in Reed and Enright, 2006). These effects include depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, learned helplessness, resentment, and low self-esteem. However, no kind of treatment has been empirically validated to be effective. One of the available treatments for the negative effects of spousal abuse is known as the forgiveness therapy. ...

Article Critique

Summary of the Entire Article

Lin et al. (2004) article on “Effects of Forgiveness Therapy on Anger, Mood, and Vulnerability to Substance Use Among Inpatient Substance-Dependent Clients” presents the finding of the research investigating the effectiveness of forgiveness therapy (FT) as a treatment for anger, anxiety, and depression among substance abuse victims. The article depicts that anger and violence among substance abusing people are issues of concern in society. FT proved to be an effective treatment, curbing emotional, and depression anxiety of substance abusing people.

This study involved fourteen participants where they were selected randomly for 12 FT treatment sessions ...

In chapter 8 of the book What God Wishes Christians Knew, Gilham gives his views on the new covenant, the role of Christian law in the lives of Christians and the four gospels. He starts off by expressing his interpretation of the new covenant. Gilliam believes the account of the new covenant began in Acts chapter 2 rather than the modern theological thought, Matthew chapter 2. 1 He is of this view for some reasons. First, though Gillham believes that the Bible is inspired of God he does not believe that alterations to verses, chapter divisions made by editors ...

1 Peter 3:19-20 In the Light of Dominant Themes

In Jewish Literature

Wayne Grudem
Wayne Grudem, in his “Christ Preaching Through Noah: 1 Peter 3:19-20 in the Light of Dominant Themes in Jewish Literature,” offered an interpretative analysis of Peter’s writing. His analysis revolved around three important questions: (1) Who are the spirits in prison? (2) What did Christ preached? (3) When did He preached? He then expounded on them using Views 1to 5, as restated and explicated in concise form below:
View 1: When the Spirit of Christ "which was in them," such as in Noah when he ...