Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Psychological Pathways to Conflict Transformation and Peace Building

We all long for peace within ourselves, families, communities, countries, and throughout the world. We wonder what we can do about the multitude of conflicts currently wreaking havoc across the globe and the continuous reports of violence in communities as well as within families. Most of the time, we contemplate solutions beyond our reach, and overlook a powerful tool that is at our disposal: forgiveness. As a genocide survivor, I know something about it. As the genocide unfolded in Rwanda...