Exploring forgiveness and grace as possible psychological strengths: A multi-method research project

This conference will focus on two theological important aspect, forgiveness and grace, but will approach these aspects from the perspective of positive psychology. First, a theoretical framework of forgiveness will be offered, followed by findings from longitudinal and cross-sectional quantitative studies conducted at our lab. Second, the possibility to approach grace as a psychological strength will be discussed, followed by an illustration of a recently started mixed-method research project aiming to clarify the lay conceptualization of grace.status: publishe