Last year on a flight, I ended up next to someone I knew who told me they had been thinking about me. They were struggling with a painful situation and were waiting and hoping for an apology from ...

Forgiveness is a central moral teaching in both Islam and Christianity . It is a divine principle that promotes peace, ...

Open almost any conversation about wrongdoing in America, and the idea of forgiveness will not be far behind. It’s one of our most cherished cultural ideals. We talk about it as a form of moral ...

Resentment and retaliation can both become destructive. Resentment can lead to bitterness and hardness of heart; retaliation can fuel ongoing cycles of mutual harm.... - Published on August 15, 2025 ...

I often say when interviewed about forgiveness that about 99 percent of the people who attend my talks actually misunderstand what forgiveness is. This is not intended to criticize these individuals.

Norman Finkelstein has spent decades confronting moral compromise, exposing institutional hypocrisy, and refusing the seduction of comfort and civility in the face of atrocity. In his recent ...