A Journal Review Of Self-Forgiveness

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A Journal Review of “Self Forgiveness: The Stepchild of Forgiveness Research Gordon B. Johnson Liberty University Counseling 506-DO2 Dr. Breazeale 23 Mar 2012 Summary In this article, the researchers seek to perform a conceptual analysis of self-forgiveness, including defining and distinguishing it from interpersonal forgiveness and pseudo self-forgiveness, in hopes of stimulating effective research on the subject matter (Hall & Fincham, 2005). According to (Hall & Fincham, 2005), while there has been much research devoted to the concept of forgiveness between perpetrator and victim (interpersonal forgiveness), there exists surprisingly few studies analyzing the subject of intrapersonal or self-forgiveness. The authors begin by defining self-forgiveness as “a willingness to abandon self-resentment in the face of one’s own acknowledged objective wrong, while fostering compassion, generosity, and love toward oneself” (Hall & Fincham, 2005, p. 622). A detailed comparison of the two forms of forgiveness is examined, including a chart emphasizing the distinctions between intrapersonal and interpersonal forgiveness. As stated by Hall and Fincham (2005), there exist two possible foci of self-forgiveness available to humans, the first is the forgiving of one’s “self” for a self-inflicted injury or, conversely, the forgiving of one’s self for an injury to another person. The article proceeds to contrast true self-forgiveness from pseudo-forgiveness in that true

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