Forgiveness: A Catholic Approach

• Teaches all about forgiveness: what forgiveness is and what it isn't; how to forgive and why
• Addresses questions that Catholics grapple with today; forgiving the Church; working with anger; forgiving others 
• Reveals the many misunderstood dimensions of forgiveness: it's not something to be earned, forced, or deadline-driven
• Forgiving is a decision, a process, and often a lifelong journey

This revised and expanded edition of Forgiveness: A Catholic Approach will equip and inspire you to move toward forgiving those who have hurt you. With the power of God's grace, you can work through the process of forgiveness and find freedom in Christ.

This book teaches all about forgiveness: what forgiveness is and what it isn't; how to forgive and why. It addresses questions that Catholics grapple with today more than ever before: forgiving the Church; working with anger; forgiving when we can't reconcile; forgiving and not condoning behavior; and how forgiveness doesn't mean we forget, but helps us remember differently.

Filled with many vignettes of contemporary transgressions that have been transformed through acts of forgiveness-including situations of domestic violence, the Rwandan genocide, and the attacks of September 11, 2001-author Scott Hurd insightfully includes a chapter on "Forgiving the Church," which many believers will find helpful as we continue to struggle with the revelations of sexual abuse by clergy and its cover-up.

Hurd's Forgiveness: A Catholic Approach faithfully reveals the many misunderstood dimensions of forgiveness: it's not something to be earned, forced, or deadline-driven. Forgiving is a decision, a process, and often a lifelong journey.

About the Author:
R. Scott Hurd is Vice President, Leadership Development, for Catholic Charities USA, and holds degrees from Oxford University (UK) and the University of Richmond. He has authored five books and won writing awards from both the Association of Catholic Publishers and the Catholic Press Association. Scott lives in Virginia with his family.

Forgiveness: A Catholic Approach, his first book, received an "Excellence in Publishing" award from the Association of Catholic Publishers.
His third book, "When Faith Feels Fragile: Hope for the Wary, Weak, and Wandering," received an award in 2014 from the Catholic Press Association, placing second in the "Popular Presentation of the Catholic Faith" category. Also, in April of that year it was designated a finalist in the Association of Catholic Publisher's "Excellence in Publishing" award competition in the "Inspirational" category.

He currently lives in his hometown of Alexandria, Virginia, with his three children.
 

• Author: R. Scott Hurd
• Pages: 128
• Format: Paperback