Tagged: “Forgiving”

A recent journal article shows that self-forgiveness is becoming increasingly popular.  From the article’s Abstract: “The dataset included research and review articles published without language restrictions until August 2025. The analysis identified 493 articles authored by 1297 researchers and revealed a steady growth in self-forgiveness research, with an annual growth rate of 12.07%. The United States, Australia, China, Israel, and Turkey were identified as leading contributors.”

The reference to the article is this:

Pehlivan, N.N. A bibliometric analysis of self-forgiveness research: trends, networks, and thematic developments. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 13, 1097 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-07832-6

On a recent episode of the podcast No Small Endeavor, Yale University professor Dr. James Kimmel, Jr. talked about his book, The Science of Revenge.  The full video is available on YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjzHZlWV_ZE.

In his book, he makes the claim that revenge can be like a drug that is addictive and therefore can last for long periods of time in the brain and the emotions.  The medicine for this addiction, he notes in both the podcast and the book, is forgiveness.  Forgiveness is not only personal relief from resentments and revenge but also a social good for local and larger communities.  Dr. Kimmel’s book is available on Amazon.com.

Kim, J. & Enright, R.D. (in press). Clarifying the virtue of forgiveness in restorative justice: A commentary on Palazzolo. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Li, Y., Kim, J., Song, J., & Enright, R.D. (in press). Validating the Enright Forgiveness Motivation Inventory (EFMI). Current Psychology

The Enright Forgiveness Motivation Inventory (EFMI) now is available to request on our website here:

https://internationalforgiveness.com/product/the-enright-forgiveness-motivation-inventory/