Beyond Forgiveness: Reflections on AtonementISBN: 978-0-470-90773-3
Paperback
272 pages
January 2011, Jossey-Bass
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—Deepak Chopra
"Nothing will help us survive the present age more than breaking
the tragic cycles of violence and revenge that threaten our very
existence. To do so, we must honor our soul's desire for deeper
forms of reconciliation, a process that Phil Cousineau reveals here
as being on the other side of forgiveness, in the ancient ritual of
atonement. His book is a profoundly important contribution to the
healing of the world, and I give it my blessing."
—Robert A. Johnson, author of Transformation,
Inner Work and Owning Your Own Shadow
As indispensable as forgiveness has been to the healing process throughout history, there is another equally profound action that is needed for ultimate reconciliation, which Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas Gandhi, calls “the other side of the coin.” Turning over the coin of forgiveness, we discover atonement, the half-hidden, much-overlooked other half of the reconciliation process.
Beyond Forgiveness shows how acts of atonement—making amends, providing restitution, restoring balance—can relieve us of the pain of the past and give us a hopeful future. This rich and powerful book includes 15 thoughtful contributions by high-profile thinkers and activists including Huston Smith, Michael Bernard Beckwith, Azim Khamisa, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Jacob Needleman, Michael Nagler, Diane Hennacy Powell, James O’Dea, Arun Gandhi, Kate Dahlstedt, Ed Tick, Richard J. Meyer, Rev. Heng Sure, Douglas George-Kanentiio and Katharine Dever. Atonement is put forward as a process that we must all learn to practice—from individuals to nations—if we are to heal our wounds and move forward.