The Trauma of Victimization and The Role of Forgiveness in Mitigating Such Feelings  

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Columbus, Ogbujah

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Melintas: An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion vol. 29 no. 03 (Dec. 2013), page 243-260.
Topik: victimization; injury; crisis response; compassion; self forgiveness; other forgiveness; receiving forgiveness; forgiving heart
Fulltext: 29_03_Ogbujah Columbus.pdf (553.74KB)

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In the present world, there are rampant acts of violence, hatred and crime which have left a long trail of victims. Victims of crimes and ‘acts of God’ are traumatized not just by physical injuries but much more by the psychological torture of self-blame and un-forgiveness. To initiate a process of healing, the offender must seek for forgiveness; the victim must forgive as a means of liberating the offender and himself, and the process must entail a structure of restitution, for to forgive without re- quiring the other to change is not only self-destructive, but ensures that a dysfunctional relationship remains. Hence, a liberating forgiveness, even though it is growing in the act of not holding things over people, must be executed in such a manner that it neither approves, nor excuses the offense as to give the offender the leverage to perpetrate his crime.

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