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Tables of Contents for Forgiveness
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Exploring the Dilemma of Fracture and Forgiveness through Story
1
13
The Sabotaged Forgiveness Exchange
2
4
The Stalled Forgiveness Exchange
6
1
The Successful Forgiveness Exchange
7
2
The Stories and Finishing Unfinished Business
9
3
Application
12
2
Interpersonal and Intrapsychic Models of Forgiveness
14
9
The Emergence of the Intrapsychic Model
17
3
Application
20
3
A Theology of Being Human
23
15
Imago Dei: Made in God's Image
23
3
Freedom
26
1
The Mystery and Reality of Sin
27
3
Grace
30
2
Jesus: God's Desire for Immersion in Humanity
32
2
Application
34
4
Biblical Confrontation and Accountability
38
13
Biblical Excuses to Avoid Confrontation
38
5
Confrontation as the Appropriate Response
43
3
Jesus the Confronter
46
2
Application
48
3
The Psychology and Theology of Confrontation
51
15
The Devaluing and Revaluing of Human Emotions
51
1
From a Culture of Avoidance and Alienation to a Culture of Embrace and Empathy
52
4
Painful Emotions and the Power of Love
56
2
Confrontation as Accurate Empathic Action
58
3
Application
61
1
A Guide to Effective Confrontation
61
5
Biblical Insights into Repentance and Accountability
66
12
Repentance, a Prerequisite for Forgiveness
66
2
Repentance, a Changed Understanding
68
6
Distinguishing Genuine from Contrived Repentance
74
2
Application
76
2
Theological and Psychological Insights into Repentance
78
14
The Repentance-Sensitive Personality
79
3
Personality Deficits
82
3
The Repentant Steven and the Forgiving Joseph
85
3
Application
88
4
Biblical Insights into the Transferal of Responsibility and Release
92
10
Transferal of Responsibility
92
2
Biblical Transferal, Not Psychological Transference
94
1
Biblical Transferal, Interpersonal and Not Intrapsychic
95
1
Biblical Transferal A Changed Relationship
96
2
Appropriate Situations for Transferal
98
2
Application
100
2
The Grace and Burden of Unfinished Business
102
10
Purgatory Revisited: A Special Kind of Hope
102
4
On Life after Death
106
2
Living until We Die
108
2
Application
110
2
Concluding the Stories
112
12
The Sabotaged Forgiveness Exchange: An Unexpected Healing
112
3
The Stalled Forgiveness Exchange: Hope against Hope
115
4
The Successful Forgiveness Exchange: Can You Drink the Cup?
119
3
Application
122
2
Bibliography
124
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