Forgiveness

by Whitney, Helen; Dalai Lama XIV

• ISBN13: 9781607466499
• ISBN10: 160746649X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-02
• Publisher: Fastpencil Premiere

Summary

In FORGIVENESS, acclaimed producer and director Helen Whitney covers a compelling range of stories-from adultery and personal betrayal-to reconciliation after genocide. The struggle of 60's radicals to cope with the consequences of violent acts of protest-families fractured by abandonment. With sensitivity and insight, Whitney explores why the process and discussion of forgiveness seem to dominate our culture-and what is its power.its limitations.and in some instances, its dangers?

Author Biography

Helen Whitney is an acclaimed writer, producer and director who has more than 30 years of experience producing dramatic features and documentary films. Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero, Whitney's best-known film, was a PBS two-hour special on 9/11. Whitney has received many accolades among them an Emmy Award, an Oscar nomination, two Alfred I. du Pont Awards, a George Foster Peabody Award, an Edward R. Murrow Award and awards from The Writer's Guild of America and The Director's Guild of America. She has served as Director of the Board of Film Forum in New York City. Whitney has been artist in residence at six universities and is a highly sought after speaker. Documentary Executive Producers: Ian Watson Paul Dietrich Funding For Forgiveness: A Time To Love and a Time To Hate is provided by The Fetzer Institute, the John Templeton Foundation the Watson Family Foundation.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. V
Foreword	p. IX
Preface	p. XI
Introduction	p. XVII
Forgiveness in the Private Realm
As We Forgive Our Debtors	p. 2
The Therapy Hour	p. 13
Redeeming Infidelity	p. 25
The Power of Righteous Anger	p. 36
The Danger of Righteous Anger	p. 51
The Last Taboo	p. 59
Perpetrator Turned Penitent	p. 72
Forgiveness in the Public Realm the Language of Public Apology	p. 90
South Africa's Search for Truth and Reconciliation: Owning the Past	p. 100
Germany's Penitential Journey: Facing the Past	p. 116
Rwanda Emerges from the Darkness: Forgiving the Unforgivable	p. 133
Conclusion	p. 150
Helen Whitney Biography	p. 152
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