A sociology of forgiveness in relationships: Why the sociology of personal life should be interested in forgiveness

Abbott, Owen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2285-3672 2024. A sociology of forgiveness in relationships: Why the sociology of personal life should be interested in forgiveness. Families, Relationships and Societies 10.1332/20467435Y2024D000000012 Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

Abundant research in adjacent disciplines shows forgiveness (including forgiving, not forgiving, being forgiven, and not being forgiven) to be an ordinary feature of how personal relationships are maintained, repaired, and rescinded. Sociologists, however, have scarcely considered forgiveness at all. This paper shows why sociologists of personal life should be interested in forgiveness, and how this contributes to sociological interpretations of conflict and repair in relationships. Indeed, it is argued that sociologists of personal life should be interested in forgiveness because it seems to be part of the ordinary vernacular through which relationships are made sense of. It is also argued that sociologists of personal life can deliver a perspective on forgiveness in relationships that is missing from existing forgiveness research agendas.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Publisher:	Policy Press
ISSN:	2046-7443
Funders:	Leverhulme Trust
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	18 January 2024
Date of Acceptance:	10 January 2024
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2024 19:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/165405

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