The world being what it is, there is no shortage of circumstances where the worst of human
behaviors provides the opportunity for one of the best, namely, forgiveness. Philosophers …

Exploring possible relationships among forgiveness, disease, and physical health is truly at
the frontiers of forgiveness research. To date, no controlled studies have demonstrated that …

In this issue, Worthington, Witvliet, Lerner, and Scherer discuss how forgiveness is taking its
place as an important issue in healthcare. Many readers of EXPLORE may not realize that …

Our purpose in this chapter is to address the possible health connections of forgiveness,
which we view as one way of expressing altruism (see Post, 2003). Because attempts to …

Five years ago, we observed that no evidence existed from controlled studies link-ing
forgiveness to physiology, health, or disease (Thoresen, Harris, & Luskin, 2000). Since then …

After completing our odyssey through the reviews of forgiveness, we are poised to refl ect on
the current status of the fi eld. In chapter 1, I posed eight questions which I thought (at the …

We summarize 55 studies examining forgiveness and physical health published between
2000 and 2018. Studies must have used measures both of forgiveness and physical health …

There is a need in both public and professional sectors for a deeper, and more complete
understanding of forgiveness, as we are-in the author's own words-" on the threshold of an …

The empirical examination of the role of forgiveness in the context of well-being and mental
health is burgeoning. Since 1947, 714 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles have been …

Empirical research on the links between forgiveness and both mental and physical health is
burgeoning. This article reviews current research, with reflections on how Christians might …