Everett L. Worthington Jr.

Everett L. Worthington Jr. is a psychology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. He was the founding executive director of A Campaign for Forgiveness Research for its first seven years, and he is one of the country’s foremost experts on empirical research about forgiveness.  Among his forthcoming books is Just Forgiving, about the relationship between personal forgiveness and social justice.

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Janet Ramsey

Janet Ramsey is associate professor of congregational care leadership at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. She teaches a cross-disciplined course on forgiveness and healing at Luther, speaks frequently on the topic at churches and conferences, and is the author of several articles and two Sunday school series on forgiveness. She is co-authoring, with systematic theologian […]

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Rodney L. Petersen

Rodney L. Petersen is executive director of the Boston Theological Institute, which offers a certificate program in religion and conflict transformation that includes forgiveness training. He is the co-editor of Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Religion, Public Policy and Conflict Transformation and teaches classes in conflict resolution and reconciliation in religious and international arenas.

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Frederic Luskin

Frederic Luskin is a senior consultant in health promotion at Stanford University, where he teaches classes on spirituality and health and positive psychology. He serves as director of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects and was co-director of the Stanford-Northern Ireland HOPE Projects, which explored the effectiveness of his forgiveness methods on victims of political violence. He gives […]

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Robert D. Enright

Robert D. Enright is a pioneer in forgiveness research. He is an educational psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin and a board member of the International Forgiveness Institute, which was set up to disseminate the results of his research on forgiveness. His books include Forgiveness Is a Choice: A Step-By-Step Process for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope.

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RestoreJustice.com

RestoreJustice.com is an outreach program of the California Catholic Conference funded by the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops that includes a network of diocesan-level coordinators of restorative justice/detention ministries.

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Duane Ruth-Heffelbower

Duane Ruth-Heffelbower practiced law before he became a Mennonite pastor. He is director of graduate academic programs for the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies at Fresno Pacific University and administrator of Victim Offender Reconciliation Program of the Central Valley.

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