The Virtue of Forgiveness

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This volume brings a diverse and rich set of academic concerns to bear on forgiveness, including neuroscience, speech act theory, psychological research on both victims and perpetrators, social science, legal anthropology, holistic measures of health, interdisciplinary approaches to theology, the study of forgiveness tropes in literature, the philosophy of human action, a more inclusive perspective on moral psychology, and axiology. In doing so, the volume provides a singularly rich interdisciplinary conversation about forgiveness that covers traditional topics in the moral psychology of forgiveness while exploring new territory and incorporating new disciplinary voices.</jats:p>