Desmond Tutu’s four steps to forgiving others: An RNS interview

[hrmjustin]

Jonathan Merritt

Few religious voices need no introduction. Desmond Tutu is one of them.

As the former Archbishop of Cape Town, Tutu became a leading human rights advocate who has championed causes such as poverty, racism, homophobia, sexism, HIV/AIDS and war. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 and the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. In his newest work, The Book of Forgiving (co-authored with his daughter, Mpho Tutu), he offers four steps to forgiving and healing:

Telling the Story
Naming the Hurt
Granting Forgiveness
Renewing or Releasing the Relationship
Here, we discuss this process, how his experiences with apartheid relate to it, and how he answers those who’ve criticized it.

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[Union Scribe]

1. Great piece.

It looks like another great book from Tutu. Forgiveness is easy enough as a concept but I think is most vital where it is hardest to practice.

[el_bryanto]

2. It's easy to believe in forgiveness until you have something to forgive.

[hrmjustin]

3. Yeah I have at times been too bitter and must learn to let it go.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

4. Me too