Frederick A. DiBlasio is a professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work whose research and practice focuses on the clinical use of forgiveness, particularly within families and marriages. His model on decision-based forgiveness has been proved to be an effective treatment for helping people forgive.

Jeffrie G. Murphy is professor of law, philosophy and religious studies at Arizona State University in Tempe. He is the author of Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits and co-editor of Before Forgiving: Cautionary Views of Forgiveness in Psychotherapy.

Lisa Barnes Lampman is senior consultant at Dare Mighty Things and editor of God and the Victim: Theological Reflections on Evil, Victimization, Justice and Forgiveness. She formerly worked as vice president of Prison Fellowship Ministries.

Nasser Hussain is assistant professor of law, jurisprudence and social thought at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass. He co-edited Forgiveness, Mercy and Clemency (2007) and teaches the courses Law, God and Modernity and When Law Fails.

Dr. Ming T. Tsuang is a leading researcher in human genetics, behavior and neuropsychiatric diseases. He holds many titles: Behavioral Genomics Endowed Chair and University Professor at the University of California; Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and director, Center for Behavioral Genomics, department of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego; and director of the Harvard Institute […]

The Rev. Marie M. Fortune is founder and senior analyst at the Faith Trust Institute in Seattle, which works to end sexual and domestic violence, particularly in faith communities. She co-edited Forgiveness and Abuse: Jewish and Christian Reflections and is a United Church of Christ minister.

Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation was founded in 1976 as an organization for family members who have a relative who was murdered and who oppose the death penalty. Jack Sullivan Jr. is the executive director.

The JUSTPEACE Center for Mediation and Conflict Transformation is a United Methodist center for conflict resolution. Established in 2000, JUSTPEACE trains people in conflict transformation and restorative justice.

Fellowship of Reconciliation is an interfaith organization that promotes nonviolence, peace and justice, partly through forgiveness. It was formed in 1915 in response to World War I and has programs in many countries. It’s based in Nyack , N.Y. Rev. Kristin Gill Stoneking is executive director.