Forgiveness: An Exploration - in conversation with Marina Cantacuzino MBE

University of Reading Anglican Chaplain Mark Laynesmith interviews author and journalist Marina Cantacuzino MBE, founder of the Forgiveness Project about her 2022 book. The conversation includes guest speakers Riana Taylor of Circles UK and Dan Jones of the University of Reading school of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences. Filmed from Zoom.

0:00 Introduction
2:40 Why did you start writing about forgiveness?
6:35 The story of Wilma Derksen
9:09 Unconditional forgiveness vs restitution (Lapsley / Partington stories)
14:00 Derrida: "forgiveness shouldn't be normalizing... it should be extraordinary"
15:53 Forgiveness and ostracism (Eva Kor's story)
18:05 Weaponising forgiveness
21:52 Are there limits to forgiveness? (systemic forgiveness & BLM)
24:34 Forgiveness & the Stolen Generations (Ray Minnicon's story)
26:55 Public apologies
28:55 Restorative workshops in prisons
31:16 Creativity and forgiveness (Eve Ensler's The Apology)
34:06 Forgiveness and religion/spirituality
36:13 Response from Riana Taylor
41:49 Responding to the vengeance response
46:13 Response from Dan Jones
53:22 Insights from modern psychology into behaviour and morality
58:22 The mechanics of forgiveness

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