Retribution – OralityResources https://oralityresources.international International Thu, 06 Nov 2025 02:45:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/oralityresources.international/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Logo-ORI-NoCirle-512.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Retribution – OralityResources https://oralityresources.international 32 32 229169570 Logic of Retribution and Biblical Forgiveness Among the Wore People of Papua New Guinea https://oralityresources.international/logic-of-retribution-and-biblical-forgiveness/ Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:06:09 +0000 https://oralityresources.international/?p=847

by Jennifer W. Belcher
Foreword by R. Daniel Shaw

ISBN: 978-621-96888-2-6

This book is an adaptation of my doctoral dissertation, the purpose of which was to research the Logic of Retribution and the response to teachings about biblical forgiveness after the implementation of Story-Based Trauma Healing (SBTH) lesson seven, How Can We Forgive Others in the Wore people group of the Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG). In PNG, there exists a cultural norm of paying back offenses. Though the Wore have a system in place for bringing about peace when a grievance has occurred, after implementation of the SBTH course, the Wore reasoned that their cultural road to peace lacked a personal encounter with Jesus and true forgiveness.

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