Forgiveness and Reconciliation: A Path to Peaceful Fellowship

About the Book

This book is not just about discussing or describing what forgiveness and reconciliation are all about but it is mainly to lay emphasis on how forgiveness and reconciliation can bring peace into human fellowships and relationships-- a path to reduce if not to eliminate wars all over the world. The path to these peaceful fellowships is stressed out in the book in the relationships between individual persons as well as among groups of people. To achieve the derivation of the peaceful fellowships at interpersonal, intergroup and political levels, various topics such as apology, anger, resentment, punishment, retribution, reparation, apathy and amnesty are treated to some extent. The book is non-religious but rather meant to express what all human beings world-wide could achieve if they embrace forgiveness and reconciliation. For this reason, one of the chapters deals with the perspectives of some main world religions on the topic of the book and another chapter states the concepts and convictions of people of various ethnicity and spirituality. It is hoped that people of all levels and in all nations of the world will benefit from the contents of the book which are neither meant to criticize nor be judgemental about the individuals mentioned.

About the Author

Samson Abiona is a Retired Pastor who served as the Minister in charge of Elim Pentecostal Church, East Sheen in SW14 of London between November 2004 and February 2008 after when he moved to Camberwell branch of Elim Pentecostal Church in South East 5 of London . In the secular world he studied Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering at South Bank Polytechnic and worked for the Home Office Central Communications Establishment. He later worked at the British Library until 2005 before going to study for Bachelor of Theology degree at Wisdom Christian College in London which was then accredited by both University of Wales and Vision International University of America. Samson joined the REME (TA) of the British Army from 1964 to 1968 where he served as a Non-Commissioned Officer before he left the service. He is married to Caroline and both are blessed with three children, Adetokunbo, Ademola and Adesoji (Dr).