Beyond Forgiveness: Reflections on Atonement

Preface: The Next Step in Forgiveness and Healing (Phil Cousineau).

Introduction: The Revival of an Ancient Awareness (Richard J. Meyer).

PART ONE Forgiveness and Beyond.

1 Forgiveness as Spiritual Liberation (Michael Bernard Beckwith).

2 The Wisdom of Atonement (Jacob Needleman).

3 We Can Work It Out: Heart, Mind, and Action in the Struggle for Atonement (Michael N. Nagler).

4 At-One-Ment: Becoming Whole (Diane Hennacy Powell).

5 Burying the Stone: Rituals and Ceremonies of Atonement (Kate Dahlstedt).

6 Taking the Crucial Step: Forgiving the Other and Forgiving Yourself (Katharine Dever).

7 A Twelve-Step Approach to Atonement (Anonymous).

PART TWO Stories of Atonement.

8 Memories of My Grandfather: Atonement the Gandhi Way (Arun Gandhi).

9 Healing the Wounds of War: Atonement Practices for Veterans (Edward Tick).

10 After the Death of My Son: My Journey of Forgiveness and Atonement (Azim Noordin Khamisa).

11 Ten Days of Atonement (Rabbi Michael Lerner).

12 The Iroquois Great Law of Peace: Atonement Among the Haudenosaunee (Douglas M. George-Kanentiio).

13 Talkin' 'bout My Generation: The New Face of Atonement (Stephanie N. Van Hook).

14 Buddhist Bowing and Atonement (Reverend Heng Sure).

Conclusion: Creative Atonement in a Time of Peril (James O'Dea).

The Contributors.

The Editor.

The Beyond Forgiveness Project.

Acknowledgments.