Forgiveness in Northern Ireland: A model for peace in the midst of the "troubles"

Peace and Conflict

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-214

  Moeschberger, Scott L ^a,b,c   Dixon, David N ^a,d,e,f,g   Niens, Ulrike ^h   Cairns, Ed ^h  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c TAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^g Dept of Life and Environ Sciences   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; PEACE PROCESS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 25444512093     PISSN: 10781919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327949pac1102_5     Document Type: Article

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