When the sacred is violated: Desecration as a unique challenge to forgiveness

Handbook of Forgiveness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 57-71

  Mahoney, Annette ^a   Rye, Mark S ^b   Pargament, Kenneth I ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203955673-10     Document Type: Chapter

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