Forgiveness and Prayer

Authors

Mark R. McMinn, George Fox UniversityFollow
Heath Fervida
Keith A. Louwerse
Jennifer L. Pop
Ryan Dale Thompson, George Fox University
Bobby L. Trihub
Susan McLeod-Harrison

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2008

Abstract

Forgiveness and prayer are both topics of contemporary social science research, but they are not often considered together. The present study investigates how Christian respondents portray prayer when describing the process of interpersonal forgiveness. Just over half of the respondents mentioned prayer as an important part of forgiveness at their first opportunity in a structured interview protocol. Prayer responses were coded as inward, upward, or outward, with inward prayers being the most common. The narrative descriptions of inward prayer resemble Worthington's (2001, 2003) REACH model of the forgiveness process.

Comments

Originally published in the Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 27(2), 101-109.

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Recommended Citation

McMinn, Mark R.; Fervida, Heath; Louwerse, Keith A.; Pop, Jennifer L.; Thompson, Ryan Dale; Trihub, Bobby L.; and McLeod-Harrison, Susan, "Forgiveness and Prayer" (2008). Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program. 159.
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/gscp_fac/159